HUH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. HUH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HUH?
| 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 HUH is to know. It scores 9 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 2.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HUH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
huhuChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How HUH scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HUH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,425.
What stands out about HUH
- HUH is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HUH mean in Scrabble?
interjection
informal
A sound of question, surprise or doubt.
Huh may be the closest thing there is to a universal word: studies of unrelated languages find something very close to it in all of them, doing the same job of asking for a repeat. Nothing else in English is known to behave that way, and the reason is thought to be the conversation itself rather than any shared ancestry.
How HUH is used
Stands alone, usually with a question mark.
- Huh? Say that again.
- He said huh and waited for the explanation.
- A huh is a request to repeat and nothing more.
- Huh turns up in languages with no connection to each other.
- The word huh does the same job everywhere it is found.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HUH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HUH
2 longer words begin with HUH.
Words ending in HUH
1 words end in HUH. Useful as a back hook: play HUH onto a word already on the board.
Words with HUH inside
1 words contain HUH in the middle. Words that start with HUH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HUH
Common questions about HUH
- Is HUH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HUH, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HUH worth?
- HUH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HUH mean?
- A sound of question, surprise or doubt.
- What letters can be added to HUH?
- HUH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HUH:
Open HUH in the Word Finder