HORAH is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HORAH 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 HORAH?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HORAH is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HORAH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
horahsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HORAH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HORAH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What stands out about HORAH
- HORAH 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 HORAH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A lively circle dance of Israeli and Romanian folk tradition, also spelled hora, performed with linked arms to fast rhythmic music.
Dancers form a large ring and move in quick steps, often quickening pace as the music builds, making the horah a common feature of Jewish weddings and celebrations. The dance reached Israel with immigrants who brought regional folk traditions from Romania and neighboring parts of Eastern Europe, and it was later adopted widely as a national folk dance. The spelling with a final h is simply a variant of the more common hora.
How HORAH is used
Mostly encountered in descriptions of Jewish weddings and Israeli or Eastern European folk celebrations.
- Guests joined hands for a joyful horah at the wedding.
- The band played faster as the horah picked up speed.
- Children learned the steps of the horah at the festival.
- Relatives lifted the newlyweds on chairs during the horah.
- The community center hosted a folk evening built around the horah.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HORAH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HORAH
1 longer words begin with HORAH.
Shorter words from the letters in HORAH
Common questions about HORAH
- Is HORAH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HORAH, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HORAH worth?
- HORAH is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HORAH mean?
- A lively circle dance of Israeli and Romanian folk tradition, also spelled hora, performed with linked arms to fast rhythmic music.
- What letters can be added to HORAH?
- HORAH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HORAH:
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