HYLA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. HYLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HYLA?
| 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 HYLA is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYLA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HYLA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HYLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does HYLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A tree frog with adhesive pads on its toes.
Hyla is a genus name used as a common noun, which biologists do freely and nobody else does at all. The pads hold the frog on vertical glass, and the grip is wet rather than dry.
How HYLA is used
Countable: a hyla, two hylas.
- A hyla holds onto glass with wet pads and not with suction.
- The word hyla is a genus name used as an ordinary noun.
- Two hylas of different species look almost identical.
- A hyla calls loudly for its size.
- The pads on a hyla work when wet and fail when dry.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYLA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HYLA
1 longer words begin with HYLA.
Words ending in HYLA
4 words end in HYLA. Useful as a back hook: play HYLA onto a word already on the board.
Words with HYLA inside
Showing 24 of 90 words that contain HYLA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HYLA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HYLA
Common questions about HYLA
- Is HYLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYLA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYLA worth?
- HYLA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYLA mean?
- A tree frog with adhesive pads on its toes.
- What letters can be added to HYLA?
- HYLA takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HYLA:
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