HUDUD is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. HUDUD 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 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HUDUD?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HUDUD is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HUDUD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hududsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HUDUD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HUDUD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,046 thousand.
What does HUDUD mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
A set of fixed punishments for specific serious offences under Islamic law.
Hudud comes from an Arabic root meaning limits or boundaries, and in Islamic jurisprudence it names the punishments that religious law fixes rather than leaves to a judge's discretion. The offences it covers typically include theft, unlawful sexual relations and false accusation, with penalties treated as set by scripture rather than by legislators. Countries that apply hudud vary enormously in whether and how they enforce it, and the word appears constantly in comparative law writing for that reason.
How HUDUD is used
Legal term, used mainly in writing about Islamic jurisprudence rather than in everyday speech.
- Hudud offences are treated as fixed by religious law, not by a judge's discretion.
- The word hudud comes from an Arabic root meaning limits.
- Legal scholars disagree sharply about how hudud should be applied today.
- Few countries enforce the full range of hudud punishments.
- A chapter on hudud is standard in any survey of Islamic law.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HUDUD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HUDUD
1 longer words begin with HUDUD.
Shorter words from the letters in HUDUD
Common questions about HUDUD
- Is HUDUD valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HUDUD is not in it.
- How many points is HUDUD worth?
- HUDUD is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HUDUD mean?
- A set of fixed punishments for specific serious offences under Islamic law.
- What letters can be added to HUDUD?
- HUDUD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HUDUD:
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