HOOSEGOW is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. HOOSEGOW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOOSEGOW?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOOSEGOW is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOOSEGOW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hoosegowsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOOSEGOW scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HOOSEGOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOOSEGOW has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOOSEGOW mean in Scrabble?
noun
slangNorth American
A jail or prison, in the humorous slang of American speech.
Hoosegow belongs to Western films and old crime stories, where a character is thrown into one for a night. It sounds jokey rather than serious, so news reports almost never use it. The word came into English from Spanish speech in the American Southwest.
How HOOSEGOW is used
It is used jokingly, usually in storytelling or when imitating a cowboy voice.
- The sheriff locked the rowdy cowboy in the hoosegow overnight.
- He ended up in the hoosegow after a fight at the saloon.
- Nobody wants to spend a weekend in the hoosegow.
- The old hoosegow now serves as a small museum.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOOSEGOW and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOOSEGOW
1 longer words begin with HOOSEGOW.
Shorter words from the letters in HOOSEGOW
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Common questions about HOOSEGOW
- Is HOOSEGOW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOOSEGOW, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOOSEGOW worth?
- HOOSEGOW is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOOSEGOW mean?
- A jail or prison, in the humorous slang of American speech.
- What letters can be added to HOOSEGOW?
- HOOSEGOW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HOOSEGOW:
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