HORE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. HORE 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 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HORE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HORE is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HORE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How HORE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HORE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,404.
What stands out about HORE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 HORE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicliterary
Grey, especially with age or frost; an old form of the word hoar.
Hore appears in older poetry to describe hair, beards, or fields touched by frost, all turned the same pale grey. Spenser and other early writers used the spelling before hoar settled as the standard modern form.
How HORE is used
Found in older poetic and literary texts rather than modern English.
- His hore beard trembled in the winter wind.
- The hore fields glittered under the morning frost.
- An old hore stone marked the edge of the wood.
- Her hore locks marked the passing of many years.
- The poet described the hore hills at dawn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HORE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HORE
The 4 tiles of HORE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with HORE
2 longer words begin with HORE.
Words ending in HORE
Showing 24 of 66 words that end in HORE. Useful as a back hook: play HORE onto a word already on the board.
Words with HORE inside
Showing 24 of 236 words that contain HORE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HORE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HORE
Common questions about HORE
- Is HORE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HORE is not in it.
- How many points is HORE worth?
- HORE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HORE mean?
- Grey, especially with age or frost; an old form of the word hoar.
- What letters can be added to HORE?
- HORE takes 3 hooks: 3 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HORE:
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