WHOA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. WHOA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHOA?
| 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
Our own measure of how useful WHOA is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHOA
No single letter turns WHOA into another word.
How WHOA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WHOA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does WHOA mean in Scrabble?
interjection
A command to a horse to stop.
Whoa is a variant of ho and has been in use since the fifteenth century. The modern sense expressing surprise is twentieth-century and is spelled several ways.
How WHOA is used
Stands alone. Also spelled woah in informal writing.
- Whoa, said the driver, and the horse ignored him.
- The word whoa is a variant of ho.
- A whoa expressing surprise is twentieth-century.
- Whoa has been in use since the 1400s.
- Two spellings of whoa compete in informal writing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHOA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WHOA
The 4 tiles of WHOA in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in WHOA
Common questions about WHOA
- Is WHOA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHOA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHOA worth?
- WHOA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHOA mean?
- A command to a horse to stop.
- What letters can be added to WHOA?
- No single letter can be added to WHOA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WHOA:
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