SOHO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. SOHO is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SOHO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOHO is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOHO
No single letter turns SOHO into another word.
How SOHO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SOHO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,505.
What stands out about SOHO
- The same 4 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 SOHO mean in Scrabble?
interjection
archaic
An exclamation traditionally shouted by hunters to draw attention to a spotted hare.
Hunters traditionally shouted soho the moment a hare broke from cover, signaling companions and hounds toward its position. Its use goes back several centuries in English field sports and appears in older hunting manuals and literature. This cry has nothing to do with the London neighborhood that shares the same spelling, since the two arose from entirely separate sources.
How SOHO is used
Rarely encountered outside historical or literary descriptions of hunting scenes.
- Soho! shouted the huntsman as the hare bolted from the hedge.
- The old sporting text records hunters crying soho across the field.
- In the story, riders call soho the instant the hounds catch a scent.
- Few modern readers recognize soho as a hunting cry rather than a place name.
- The narrator explains that soho once echoed across English hunting fields.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOHO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SOHO
The 4 tiles of SOHO in a different order — 2 found.
Words with SOHO inside
2 words contain SOHO in the middle. Words that start with SOHO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SOHO
Common questions about SOHO
- Is SOHO valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SOHO is not in it.
- How many points is SOHO worth?
- SOHO is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOHO mean?
- An exclamation traditionally shouted by hunters to draw attention to a spotted hare.
- What letters can be added to SOHO?
- No single letter can be added to SOHO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SOHO:
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