HUSO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. HUSO 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 HUSO?
| 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 HUSO is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HUSO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
husosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HUSO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HUSO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 15,317.
What does HUSO mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A large sturgeon of the genus Huso, including the beluga, prized for caviar.
The huso is one of the biggest freshwater migratory fish, native to the Caspian and Black Sea basins. Numbers of huso have fallen sharply because of overfishing for their valuable roe.
How HUSO is used
Used mainly in fisheries and caviar trade contexts, rarely in everyday speech.
- The huso migrates upstream to spawn in early spring.
- Fishermen tagged the huso before releasing it back into the river.
- A single huso can live for many decades in the wild.
- Conservationists are monitoring huso populations along the Volga.
- The husos caught last season were smaller than average.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HUSO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HUSO
1 longer words begin with HUSO.
Shorter words from the letters in HUSO
Common questions about HUSO
- Is HUSO valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HUSO is not in it.
- How many points is HUSO worth?
- HUSO is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HUSO mean?
- A large sturgeon of the genus Huso, including the beluga, prized for caviar.
- What letters can be added to HUSO?
- HUSO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HUSO:
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