HULK is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HULK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HULK?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HULK is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 2.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HULK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HULK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HULK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 122,538.
What does HULK mean in Scrabble?
noun
The abandoned body of an old ship.
Hulks were moored in British rivers as floating prisons once the American colonies stopped taking convicts. Dickens opens one of his novels on the marshes beside them, which is how most readers first meet the word.
How HULK is used
Countable: a hulk, two hulks.
- A hulk in the river was a prison and not a wreck.
- The word hulk named a ship before it named a person.
- Two hulks moored off the same stretch of marsh.
- A hulk had no masts and went nowhere.
- Convicts were held in a hulk when the colonies closed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HULK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HULK
6 longer words begin with HULK.
Shorter words from the letters in HULK
Common questions about HULK
- Is HULK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HULK, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HULK worth?
- HULK is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HULK mean?
- The abandoned body of an old ship.
- What letters can be added to HULK?
- HULK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HULK:
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