HOPE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. HOPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOPE?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOPE is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOPE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOPE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HOPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What does HOPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A feeling of expectation and desire.
Hope is one of the very few abstract nouns English did not take from Latin or French, and its origin beyond Germanic is unclear. The verb and the noun are equally old.
How HOPE is used
Countable and uncountable. Also a verb.
- A hope that nobody was willing to state aloud.
- The word hope is Germanic and not borrowed.
- They hoped for a week and then stopped.
- Two hopes and one of them realistic.
- Very few abstract nouns are as native as hope.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOPE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOPE
13 longer words begin with HOPE.
Words ending in HOPE
4 words end in HOPE. Useful as a back hook: play HOPE onto a word already on the board.
Words with HOPE inside
Showing 24 of 25 words that contain HOPE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HOPE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOPE
Common questions about HOPE
- Is HOPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOPE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOPE worth?
- HOPE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOPE mean?
- A feeling of expectation and desire.
- What letters can be added to HOPE?
- HOPE takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HOPE:
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