THO is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. THO 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 THO?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THO is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How THO scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in THO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What does THO mean in Scrabble?
conjunction
informal
Though — in an informal spelling.
Tho is one of the spellings that reformers pushed in the nineteenth century and which survived only in casual writing. American newspapers used it into the 1970s, and it now belongs to messages rather than to print of any kind.
How THO is used
Informal spelling of though. Chiefly in messages.
- It was late tho and nobody minded.
- The spelling tho was pushed by reformers and lost.
- American papers printed tho into the 1970s.
- He writes tho in messages and though in letters.
- A tho at the end of a sentence marks the register instantly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of THO
The 3 tiles of THO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with THO
Showing 24 of 149 words that begin with THO.
Words ending in THO
5 words end in THO. Useful as a back hook: play THO onto a word already on the board.
Words with THO inside
Showing 24 of 1342 words that contain THO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with THO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in THO
Common questions about THO
- Is THO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THO, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THO worth?
- THO is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THO mean?
- Though — in an informal spelling.
- What letters can be added to THO?
- THO takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of THO:
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