HOOVE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. HOOVE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HOOVE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOOVE is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOOVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOOVE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HOOVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 56,018.
What does HOOVE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicaldialect
A disease of cattle causing painful bloating of the stomach from too much green feed.
Hoove develops when cattle eat rich green fodder that ferments quickly in the stomach, building up gas that swells the animal's belly and can become dangerous if untreated. Farmers also call the condition bloat or tympany, and older farming books list hoove as the standard dialect name for this specific stomach trouble in livestock.
How HOOVE is used
Farming and veterinary term for cattle bloat, mainly found in older agricultural writing.
- The vet diagnosed hoove after the cow refused to move.
- Wet clover in spring is a common cause of hoove in cattle.
- Farmers watched the herd closely for early signs of hoove.
- Untreated hoove can kill an animal within a few hours.
- He treated the hoove by drenching the cow and walking her slowly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOOVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOOVE
8 longer words begin with HOOVE.
Words ending in HOOVE
1 words end in HOOVE. Useful as a back hook: play HOOVE onto a word already on the board.
Words with HOOVE inside
3 words contain HOOVE in the middle. Words that start with HOOVE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOOVE
Common questions about HOOVE
- Is HOOVE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HOOVE is not in it.
- How many points is HOOVE worth?
- HOOVE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOOVE mean?
- A disease of cattle causing painful bloating of the stomach from too much green feed.
- What letters can be added to HOOVE?
- HOOVE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HOOVE:
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