HOYDEN is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HOYDEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOYDEN?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOYDEN is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOYDEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hoydensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOYDEN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HOYDEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 129,346.
What does HOYDEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A lively, noisy, boisterous girl who behaves in a boyish way.
A hoyden is a high-spirited girl who climbs trees, romps and ignores the quiet manners once expected of young women. In older fiction the word was often a mild scolding, though it could be said with affection. Today the word sounds old-fashioned, and a modern speaker would be more likely to say tomboy.
How HOYDEN is used
Old-fashioned; found mostly in historical fiction and period dialogue.
- The squire's daughter was a hoyden who rode bareback across the fields.
- Her aunt scolded her for behaving like a hoyden.
- The novel traces a hoyden's change into a graceful young lady.
- No hoyden in the village could climb as fast as she.
- He laughed at the hoyden who splashed through the stream.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOYDEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOYDEN
10 longer words begin with HOYDEN.
Shorter words from the letters in HOYDEN
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Common questions about HOYDEN
- Is HOYDEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOYDEN, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOYDEN worth?
- HOYDEN is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOYDEN mean?
- A lively, noisy, boisterous girl who behaves in a boyish way.
- What letters can be added to HOYDEN?
- HOYDEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HOYDEN:
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