HOOPSKIRT is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. HOOPSKIRT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOOPSKIRT?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOOPSKIRT is to know. It scores 18 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOOPSKIRT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hoopskirtsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOOPSKIRT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HOOPSKIRT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOOPSKIRT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOOPSKIRT mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A long skirt held out in a wide bell shape by a frame of light hoops sewn or worn beneath it.
The hoopskirt was a mid-nineteenth-century fashion that replaced layers of heavy petticoats with a lighter cage. Wearers found it hard to sit down or pass through doorways in one. Films about the American South often dress their characters in a hoopskirt to signal the period.
How HOOPSKIRT is used
Hoopskirt belongs to talk of costume history and period dress.
- She struggled to fit through the carriage door in her hoopskirt.
- The museum shows a pale blue hoopskirt from the 1860s.
- A hoopskirt swayed with every step she took across the ballroom.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOOPSKIRT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOOPSKIRT
1 longer words begin with HOOPSKIRT.
Shorter words from the letters in HOOPSKIRT
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Common questions about HOOPSKIRT
- Is HOOPSKIRT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOOPSKIRT, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOOPSKIRT worth?
- HOOPSKIRT is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOOPSKIRT mean?
- A long skirt held out in a wide bell shape by a frame of light hoops sewn or worn beneath it.
- What letters can be added to HOOPSKIRT?
- HOOPSKIRT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HOOPSKIRT:
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