OHO is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. OHO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OHO?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OHO is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OHO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How OHO scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in OHO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,888.
What stands out about OHO
- OHO is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OHO mean in Scrabble?
interjection
An exclamation of surprise or triumph.
Oho is aha with a different vowel and a different job: where the other marks understanding, this one marks catching somebody out. Both belong more to writing than to speech, and a character who says oho in a novel has just found something out.
How OHO is used
Stands alone. Chiefly written.
- Oho, so that is where the money went.
- He said oho and everybody looked at the floor.
- An oho in dialogue means somebody has been caught.
- Oho and aha do different jobs in the same situation.
- The word oho is written far more than it is said.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OHO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OHO
The 3 tiles of OHO in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with OHO
1 longer words begin with OHO.
Words ending in OHO
5 words end in OHO. Useful as a back hook: play OHO onto a word already on the board.
Words with OHO inside
Showing 24 of 89 words that contain OHO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OHO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OHO
Common questions about OHO
- Is OHO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OHO, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OHO worth?
- OHO is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OHO mean?
- An exclamation of surprise or triumph.
- What letters can be added to OHO?
- OHO takes 5 hooks: 5 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of OHO:
Open OHO in the Word Finder