HOORAY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. HOORAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOORAY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOORAY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOORAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hooraysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOORAY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HOORAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 197,099.
What does HOORAY mean in Scrabble?
interjection
A shout of joy or approval, called out when something good happens.
Hooray is the cry people raise at a victory, a birthday toast or a long-awaited piece of news, usually with arms in the air. It is often repeated, as in three cheers of hip hip hooray, and children use it freely. The same shout is spelled hurray and hurrah, and hooray is the form most readers expect in everyday writing.
How HOORAY is used
Informal exclamation; the spellings hurray and hurrah are also common, and hoorah is a rarer variant.
- Hooray! The rain has finally stopped.
- The children shouted hooray when the school bus broke down.
- Hip hip hooray, she called, and everyone raised a glass.
- He gave a quiet hooray when the last box was packed.
- A great hooray rose from the stands as the ball crossed the line.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOORAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOORAY
3 longer words begin with HOORAY.
Shorter words from the letters in HOORAY
Common questions about HOORAY
- Is HOORAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOORAY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOORAY worth?
- HOORAY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOORAY mean?
- A shout of joy or approval, called out when something good happens.
- What letters can be added to HOORAY?
- HOORAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HOORAY:
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