HOOPLA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HOOPLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOOPLA?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOOPLA is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOOPLA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOOPLA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HOOPLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 295,648.
What does HOOPLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Noisy excitement and showy publicity around an event, or a fairground game of tossing rings over prizes.
Hoopla began as a fairground cry and the name of the ring-tossing stall, and the sense of boisterous show carried over into everyday speech. Today the word most often describes the fuss around a product launch, an election or a celebrity wedding. It usually suggests that the noise is greater than the substance.
How HOOPLA is used
Informal; often slightly mocking when applied to publicity.
- After all the hoopla, the new phone turned out to be ordinary.
- Children queued at the hoopla stall hoping to win a goldfish.
- The hoopla surrounding the royal visit lasted a week.
- I could do without the hoopla of a big wedding.
- There was plenty of hoopla but very little news.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOOPLA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOOPLA
1 longer words begin with HOOPLA.
Shorter words from the letters in HOOPLA
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Common questions about HOOPLA
- Is HOOPLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOOPLA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOOPLA worth?
- HOOPLA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOOPLA mean?
- Noisy excitement and showy publicity around an event, or a fairground game of tossing rings over prizes.
- What letters can be added to HOOPLA?
- HOOPLA takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HOOPLA:
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