Is HOWKS valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOWKS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is HOWKS worth?

HOWKS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to HOWKS?

HOWKS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

HOWKS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points

Yes. HOWKS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.

h4o1w4k5s1

PlayableHOWKS · 5 letters · 15 pts Scrabble · 14 pts WWF

15points in Scrabble

14points in Words with Friends

5letters

1hook available

1 in 588,184odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept HOWKS?

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: 38 / 100

38WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

3.4%

Our own measure of how useful HOWKS is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for HOWKS

Front hooks — 1

chowks18

Back hooks — 0

None.

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.

How HOWKS scores

Scrabble h4o1w4k5s1 15

Words with Friends h3o1w4k5s1 14

Face value of the 5 tiles in HOWKS, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
h	1	2
o	1	8
w	1	2
k	1	1
s	1	4

Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 588,184.

Words ending in HOWKS

chowks18

1 words end in HOWKS. Useful as a back hook: play HOWKS onto a word already on the board.

Shorter words from the letters in HOWKS

howk14 kows11 woks11 hows10 show10 whos10 hok10 kow10 wok10 how9 who9 kos7 hos6 ohs6 sho6 soh6 sow6 wos6 ko6 ok6 ho5 oh5 ow5 sh5 wo5 os2 so2

Common questions about HOWKS

Is HOWKS valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOWKS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is HOWKS worth?: HOWKS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to HOWKS?: HOWKS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HOWKS:

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