HOOP is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. HOOP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOOP?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOOP is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOOP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOOP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HOOP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 35,011.
What does HOOP mean in Scrabble?
noun
A circular band of metal or wood.
Hoop held barrels together for centuries before it named anything a child rolled, and the barrel sense is the original. Basketball took the word in the twentieth century.
How HOOP is used
Countable: a hoop, two hoops.
- A hoop round the barrel and two more below it.
- The word hoop meant a barrel band first.
- Two hoops of different diameter on the same cask.
- Jumping through hoops is a nineteenth-century figure.
- Basketball took hoop in the twentieth century.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOOP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HOOP
The 4 tiles of HOOP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HOOP
17 longer words begin with HOOP.
Words ending in HOOP
3 words end in HOOP. Useful as a back hook: play HOOP onto a word already on the board.
Words with HOOP inside
21 words contain HOOP in the middle. Words that start with HOOP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOOP
Common questions about HOOP
- Is HOOP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOOP, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOOP worth?
- HOOP is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOOP mean?
- A circular band of metal or wood.
- What letters can be added to HOOP?
- HOOP takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HOOP:
Open HOOP in the Word Finder