HOOPS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. HOOPS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOOPS?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOOPS is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOOPS
Front hooks — 1
whoopsBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How HOOPS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HOOPS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 168,053.
What stands out about HOOPS
- The letters of HOOPS run in alphabetical order from first to last.
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HOOPS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth American
Basketball, especially as an informal name for the game.
Hoops names the whole game, not just the rings the ball goes through, in the same way a soccer player might say they are off to play ball. A pickup game on a public court gets called hoops long before anyone mentions a net or a court, and the word works equally for professional and playground basketball. It grew out of hoop, the ring the ball passes through, but the two words now carry different weight in ordinary speech.
How HOOPS is used
Informal, chiefly North American; treated as uncountable when it names the sport itself.
- They played hoops after school every day.
- A love of hoops started with a playground game.
- Talk of hoops filled the sports pages that week.
- She grew up watching hoops with her father.
- Weekend hoops at the local court drew a crowd.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOOPS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HOOPS
The 5 tiles of HOOPS in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with HOOPS
4 longer words begin with HOOPS.
Words ending in HOOPS
3 words end in HOOPS. Useful as a back hook: play HOOPS onto a word already on the board.
Words with HOOPS inside
2 words contain HOOPS in the middle. Words that start with HOOPS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOOPS
Common questions about HOOPS
- Is HOOPS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOOPS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOOPS worth?
- HOOPS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOOPS mean?
- Basketball, especially as an informal name for the game.
- What letters can be added to HOOPS?
- HOOPS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HOOPS:
Open HOOPS in the Word Finder