SEMIHOBO is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SEMIHOBO 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.
Which word lists accept SEMIHOBO?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEMIHOBO is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEMIHOBO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
semihobosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SEMIHOBO scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SEMIHOBO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SEMIHOBO has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SEMIHOBO mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A person who looks or lives almost like a hobo, a wandering homeless worker.
Semihobo is a coined word that stretches hobo with a prefix meaning half. It fits someone who has the ragged clothes or travelling habits but not the full wandering life. The term is rare and mostly jocular.
How SEMIHOBO is used
Semihobo is an uncommon coinage, seen chiefly in word lists.
- With his patched coat he looked like a semihobo.
- The semihobo slept in the barn for a night.
- A semihobo with a bedroll hitched a ride.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEMIHOBO and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SEMIHOBO
2 longer words begin with SEMIHOBO.
Shorter words from the letters in SEMIHOBO
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Common questions about SEMIHOBO
- Is SEMIHOBO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEMIHOBO, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEMIHOBO worth?
- SEMIHOBO is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEMIHOBO mean?
- A person who looks or lives almost like a hobo, a wandering homeless worker.
- What letters can be added to SEMIHOBO?
- SEMIHOBO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SEMIHOBO:
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