HOOTY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HOOTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOOTY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOOTY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOOTY
No single letter turns HOOTY into another word.
How HOOTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HOOTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 112,035.
What stands out about HOOTY
- The letters of HOOTY run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HOOTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Sounding like, or resembling, the hooting call of an owl.
A hooty voice or hooty sound is deep, breathy, and resonant, calling to mind the low repeated hoot of an owl at night. The word is rare and mostly playful, used more often to describe a peculiar sound than in serious technical writing. Because it derives directly from the verb to hoot, its meaning stays close and intuitive even for readers meeting it for the first time.
How HOOTY is used
Rare and informal, mainly used in playful or descriptive writing about sound.
- The old pipe organ made a strange hooty noise.
- His deep, hooty laugh carried across the room.
- The wind through the chimney produced a hooty whistle.
- She imitated the hooty call of a distant owl.
- A hooty echo rolled through the empty hall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOOTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HOOTY
Common questions about HOOTY
- Is HOOTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOOTY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOOTY worth?
- HOOTY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOOTY mean?
- Sounding like, or resembling, the hooting call of an owl.
- What letters can be added to HOOTY?
- No single letter can be added to HOOTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HOOTY:
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