HOPSCOTCH is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. HOPSCOTCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOPSCOTCH?
| 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 HOPSCOTCH is to know. It scores 21 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOPSCOTCH
No single letter turns HOPSCOTCH into another word.
How HOPSCOTCH scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HOPSCOTCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOPSCOTCH has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about HOPSCOTCH
- HOPSCOTCH begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HOPSCOTCH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A children's game in which a player hops through numbered squares drawn on the ground.
In hopscotch a child tosses a stone into a square, then hops over it and back on one foot. Chalk lines on a pavement are often the only equipment needed.
How HOPSCOTCH is used
Hopscotch is a playground game, and also a verb for moving from place to place.
- The girls drew a hopscotch grid on the pavement with chalk.
- He lost his balance and fell out of the hopscotch game.
- They hopscotch across Europe, stopping in a new city each week.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOPSCOTCH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOPSCOTCH
3 longer words begin with HOPSCOTCH.
Shorter words from the letters in HOPSCOTCH
Showing 40 of 147. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about HOPSCOTCH
- Is HOPSCOTCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOPSCOTCH, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOPSCOTCH worth?
- HOPSCOTCH is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOPSCOTCH mean?
- A children's game in which a player hops through numbered squares drawn on the ground.
- What letters can be added to HOPSCOTCH?
- No single letter can be added to HOPSCOTCH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HOPSCOTCH:
Open HOPSCOTCH in the Word Finder