HOP is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. HOP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOP?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOP is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HOP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,053.
What stands out about HOP
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HOP mean in Scrabble?
verb
To move by jumping on one foot, or in short springs.
Hop is short and light where jump is not, and English uses that difference constantly: you hop over a puddle and jump off a wall. The unrelated plant of the same name flavours beer, and picking it once emptied whole streets of London every September.
How HOP is used
Intransitive. The plant sense is a separate noun.
- The bird hops rather than walks.
- She hopped over the puddle and landed in a worse one.
- Hop in, there is room for one more.
- The hops go in at the end of the boil.
- Whole families went hopping in Kent for the season.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HOP
The 3 tiles of HOP in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with HOP
Showing 24 of 65 words that begin with HOP.
Words ending in HOP
Showing 24 of 35 words that end in HOP. Useful as a back hook: play HOP onto a word already on the board.
Words with HOP inside
Showing 24 of 409 words that contain HOP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HOP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOP
Common questions about HOP
- Is HOP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOP, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOP worth?
- HOP is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOP mean?
- To move by jumping on one foot, or in short springs.
- What letters can be added to HOP?
- HOP takes 5 hooks: 3 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HOP:
Open HOP in the Word Finder