HURTLE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. HURTLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HURTLE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HURTLE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HURTLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HURTLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HURTLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What does HURTLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To move at great speed, often in a rough or uncontrolled way.
Hurtle is most often used for things that rush through the air or along the ground with real force, such as a train, a boulder or a car out of control. It comes from an older sense of colliding, and that violent edge of meaning has never quite faded. Writers like it because it makes plain speed feel dangerous.
How HURTLE is used
Common in news and fiction, usually followed by a direction such as down, past or through.
- The sled began to hurtle down the frozen slope.
- Stones would hurtle over the wall whenever the wind caught the loose scree.
- Did you see the cyclist hurtle round the corner?
- A comet can hurtle through space for millions of years unseen.
- Children hurtle out of the school gates the moment the bell rings.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HURTLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HURTLE
8 longer words begin with HURTLE.
Shorter words from the letters in HURTLE
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Common questions about HURTLE
- Is HURTLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HURTLE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HURTLE worth?
- HURTLE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HURTLE mean?
- To move at great speed, often in a rough or uncontrolled way.
- What letters can be added to HURTLE?
- HURTLE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HURTLE:
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