HULE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. HULE 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 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HULE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HULE is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HULE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HULE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HULE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What does HULE mean in Scrabble?
noun
regional
A tropical tree whose sap is used to produce natural rubber.
The hule tree is native to Central America and was once tapped extensively for its milky latex. Workers would cut grooves into the bark of the hule to collect the sap used in early rubber production.
How HULE is used
A regional term for the rubber tree, mainly used in Central America.
- Workers tapped the hule tree early in the morning for fresh latex.
- The hule plantation stretched across the hillside.
- Old rubber tools were once carved from hule wood.
- Farmers planted rows of hule along the riverbank.
- The sap from the hule slowly hardened into raw rubber.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HULE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HULE
1 longer words begin with HULE.
Words ending in HULE
2 words end in HULE. Useful as a back hook: play HULE onto a word already on the board.
Words with HULE inside
3 words contain HULE in the middle. Words that start with HULE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HULE
Common questions about HULE
- Is HULE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HULE is not in it.
- How many points is HULE worth?
- HULE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HULE mean?
- A tropical tree whose sap is used to produce natural rubber.
- What letters can be added to HULE?
- HULE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HULE:
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