HOUT is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. HOUT 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 HOUT?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOUT is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOUT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOUT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HOUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What does HOUT mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scotsdialect
To hoot, especially to make a sound like an owl; a Scots dialect variant of hoot.
Hout describes the low, calling sound an owl makes at night, or a person's attempt to imitate it. The spelling is a regional variant of the far more common word hoot.
How HOUT is used
Regional Scots spelling; standard English uses hoot.
- An owl would hout from the old barn each night.
- Children tried to hout back at the bird in the woods.
- The wind seemed to hout through the chimney.
- He could hout so well that owls answered him.
- A lone owl continued to hout long after dark.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOUT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HOUT
The 4 tiles of HOUT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HOUT
4 longer words begin with HOUT.
Words ending in HOUT
17 words end in HOUT. Useful as a back hook: play HOUT onto a word already on the board.
Words with HOUT inside
Showing 24 of 41 words that contain HOUT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HOUT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOUT
Common questions about HOUT
- Is HOUT valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HOUT is not in it.
- How many points is HOUT worth?
- HOUT is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOUT mean?
- To hoot, especially to make a sound like an owl; a Scots dialect variant of hoot.
- What letters can be added to HOUT?
- HOUT takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HOUT:
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