HOOTENANNY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. HOOTENANNY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOOTENANNY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOOTENANNY is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOOTENANNY
No single letter turns HOOTENANNY into another word.
How HOOTENANNY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in HOOTENANNY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 3 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOOTENANNY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOOTENANNY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth American
An informal gathering with folk music, singing and sometimes dancing.
Hootenanny became popular in the American folk revival of the mid twentieth century. Before that, it was dialect for a gadget or thingamajig, a sense still heard in some regions.
How HOOTENANNY is used
Used for a casual music party; the older sense means an unnamed gadget.
- The barn hootenanny lasted until midnight.
- Neighbours brought guitars to the Saturday hootenanny.
- Everyone joined the chorus at the hootenanny.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOOTENANNY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HOOTENANNY
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Common questions about HOOTENANNY
- Is HOOTENANNY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOOTENANNY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOOTENANNY worth?
- HOOTENANNY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOOTENANNY mean?
- An informal gathering with folk music, singing and sometimes dancing.
- What letters can be added to HOOTENANNY?
- No single letter can be added to HOOTENANNY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of HOOTENANNY:
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