Is HYPING valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYPING, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is HYPING worth?

HYPING is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to HYPING?

HYPING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

HYPING is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points

Yes. HYPING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.

h4y4p3i1n1g2

PlayableHYPING · 6 letters · 15 pts Scrabble · 16 pts WWF

15points in Scrabble

16points in Words with Friends

6letters

1hook available

1 in 919,794odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept HYPING?

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

35WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

2.5

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

Our own measure of how useful HYPING is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for HYPING

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

hypings16

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How HYPING scores

Scrabble h4y4p3i1n1g2 15

Words with Friends h3y3p4i1n2g3 16

Face value of the 6 tiles in HYPING, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
h	1	2
y	1	2
p	1	2
i	1	9
n	1	6
g	1	3

Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 919,794.

What stands out about HYPING

HYPING gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words starting with HYPING

hypings16

1 longer words begin with HYPING.

Shorter words from the letters in HYPING

hying12 piny9 pyin9 hing8 nigh8 ping7 hyp11 gyp9 hip8 phi8 yip8 ghi7 gip6 hin6 pig6 yin6 nip5 pin5 gin4 ing4 hi5 ny5 yi5 pi4 gi3 in2

Common questions about HYPING

Is HYPING valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYPING, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is HYPING worth?: HYPING is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to HYPING?: HYPING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HYPING:

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