HYDRA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. HYDRA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HYDRA?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYDRA is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYDRA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HYDRA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HYDRA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does HYDRA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small freshwater animal with a tube-shaped body and a ring of tentacles around its mouth, or, more generally, a persistent problem that produces a new difficulty each time one part of it is solved.
A hydra in biology is a tiny, simple freshwater creature related to jellyfish and corals, notable for its remarkable ability to regenerate lost parts and for reproducing by budding new individuals from its own body. Scientists have studied the hydra for decades because of this regenerative power, which lets a cut section regrow into a whole new animal. The word also has a well known figurative sense, describing any problem so persistent that solving one part of it only causes another to appear, an image borrowed from the mythical many-headed serpent that grew two heads for every one cut off. Both the biological creature and the figurative problem share the same idea of stubborn, repeated regrowth.
How HYDRA is used
Used literally in biology for the small freshwater polyp, and figuratively for any problem that keeps regenerating despite efforts to solve it.
- The biology class observed a hydra regenerating under the microscope.
- A single hydra can regrow its whole body from a small fragment.
- Corruption in the agency proved to be a hydra, one scandal replaced by another.
- The pond sample contained a tiny hydra clinging to a leaf.
- Cutting funding to one gang only fed the hydra of local crime.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYDRA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HYDRA
The 5 tiles of HYDRA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HYDRA
Showing 24 of 55 words that begin with HYDRA.
Words with HYDRA inside
Showing 24 of 45 words that contain HYDRA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HYDRA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HYDRA
Common questions about HYDRA
- Is HYDRA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYDRA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYDRA worth?
- HYDRA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYDRA mean?
- A small freshwater animal with a tube-shaped body and a ring of tentacles around its mouth, or, more generally, a persistent problem that produces a new difficulty each time one part of it is solved.
- What letters can be added to HYDRA?
- HYDRA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HYDRA:
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