HOTLINK is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HOTLINK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOTLINK?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOTLINK is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOTLINK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hotlinksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOTLINK scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HOTLINK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does HOTLINK mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A clickable link in a document or web page that takes the user straight to another page or file.
A hotlink was an early computing term for text or an image wired to another location. Today the word also describes the practice of embedding another site's image or file on your own page, which uses their bandwidth and is often frowned on.
How HOTLINK is used
Hotlink is computing jargon that is also used as a verb for linking directly to someone else's file.
- Click the hotlink to open the full report.
- The blog owner banned every hotlink to his photographs.
- Each hotlink in the menu led to a separate page.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOTLINK and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOTLINK
1 longer words begin with HOTLINK.
Shorter words from the letters in HOTLINK
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Common questions about HOTLINK
- Is HOTLINK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOTLINK, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOTLINK worth?
- HOTLINK is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOTLINK mean?
- A clickable link in a document or web page that takes the user straight to another page or file.
- What letters can be added to HOTLINK?
- HOTLINK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HOTLINK:
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