HOUR is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. HOUR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOUR?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOUR is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOUR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOUR scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HOUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What does HOUR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A unit of time equal to sixty minutes.
There are twenty four hours in a full day, split evenly between night and day. People often treat the hour as a natural unit for measuring work shifts, travel time, or waiting periods.
How HOUR is used
Used constantly in daily speech to describe duration and schedules.
- The meeting lasted exactly one hour.
- She waited nearly an hour for the delayed train.
- The bakery closes an hour earlier on Sundays.
- It takes about half an hour to drive downtown.
- Every hour on the hour, the clock tower chimes loudly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOUR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOUR
10 longer words begin with HOUR.
Words ending in HOUR
4 words end in HOUR. Useful as a back hook: play HOUR onto a word already on the board.
Words with HOUR inside
12 words contain HOUR in the middle. Words that start with HOUR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOUR
Common questions about HOUR
- Is HOUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOUR, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOUR worth?
- HOUR is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOUR mean?
- A unit of time equal to sixty minutes.
- What letters can be added to HOUR?
- HOUR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HOUR:
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