HYDRO is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. HYDRO 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 HYDRO?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYDRO is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYDRO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hydrosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HYDRO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HYDRO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does HYDRO mean in Scrabble?
noun
North Americaninformal
Hydroelectric power, or the electricity supplied by it, and, informally in parts of Canada and elsewhere, the public electricity supply itself.
Hydro is a short form of hydroelectric, describing power generated by the force of moving water through a dam or turbine, and by extension the electricity that reaches homes from such a source. In Canada, where much of the electricity supply historically came from hydroelectric dams, hydro became an everyday word for the power company and even for electricity in general, regardless of how it is actually generated. The word also appears as a prefix in related terms such as hydro power and hydro plant, keeping the direct link to water-driven generation. Outside these uses, hydro sometimes turns up informally for hydroponic growing methods, though that sense stays looser and less standard.
How HYDRO is used
Common informally in Canadian and some other regional English for electricity or the electricity company, and generally for hydroelectric power.
- The hydro bill arrived higher than usual this month.
- A new dam will add hydro capacity to the regional grid.
- The storm knocked out hydro to half the town overnight.
- She called the hydro company to report the outage.
- Much of the province relies on hydro rather than coal for power.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYDRO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HYDRO
The 5 tiles of HYDRO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HYDRO
Showing 24 of 356 words that begin with HYDRO.
Words with HYDRO inside
Showing 24 of 54 words that contain HYDRO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HYDRO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HYDRO
Common questions about HYDRO
- Is HYDRO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYDRO, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYDRO worth?
- HYDRO is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYDRO mean?
- Hydroelectric power, or the electricity supplied by it, and, informally in parts of Canada and elsewhere, the public electricity supply itself.
- What letters can be added to HYDRO?
- HYDRO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HYDRO:
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