HOOK is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HOOK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOOK?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOOK is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOOK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOOK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HOOK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 70,022.
What does HOOK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A curved piece of metal for catching or hanging.
By hook or by crook is medieval and its origin is disputed, with several confident explanations and no evidence behind any of them. The boxing sense and the fishing sense are both literal uses of the shape.
How HOOK is used
Countable. Also a verb: hooked, hooking.
- A hook behind the door and four coats on it.
- By hook or by crook is medieval and unexplained.
- They hooked it out of the water first time.
- A hook in boxing is named from the shape of the punch.
- Two hooks and nothing between them to hang.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOOK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOOK
Showing 24 of 33 words that begin with HOOK.
Words ending in HOOK
18 words end in HOOK. Useful as a back hook: play HOOK onto a word already on the board.
Words with HOOK inside
Showing 24 of 30 words that contain HOOK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HOOK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOOK
Common questions about HOOK
- Is HOOK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOOK, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOOK worth?
- HOOK is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOOK mean?
- A curved piece of metal for catching or hanging.
- What letters can be added to HOOK?
- HOOK takes 5 hooks: 2 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HOOK:
Open HOOK in the Word Finder