HOWK is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HOWK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOWK?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOWK is to know. It scores 14 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOWK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOWK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HOWK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 122,538.
What does HOWK mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To dig or scoop something out.
Howk is Scots and northern English and is used about potatoes and about wounds alike. It is a variant of hollow pressed into service as a verb, and the connection is easier to hear than to see in print.
How HOWK is used
Howked, howking. Scots and northern.
- They howked the tatties in October and stored them badly.
- The word howk is a variant of hollow.
- Howking a stone out of a hoof takes two people.
- A howked ditch fills in again within a year.
- Two men howked at it for an afternoon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOWK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOWK
5 longer words begin with HOWK.
Words ending in HOWK
1 words end in HOWK. Useful as a back hook: play HOWK onto a word already on the board.
Words with HOWK inside
3 words contain HOWK in the middle. Words that start with HOWK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HOWK
Common questions about HOWK
- Is HOWK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOWK, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOWK worth?
- HOWK is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOWK mean?
- To dig or scoop something out.
- What letters can be added to HOWK?
- HOWK takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HOWK:
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