Is HOA a Scrabble word?
Yes, in one Scrabble list. HOA is valid in Collins, but not in ENABLE and NWL2023. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends.
Meaning Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. "What noise there, ho" Shak. "Ho! who's within" Shak. 2. Etym: [Perhaps corrupted fr. hold; but cf. F. hau stop! and E. whoa.] Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything. [Written also whoa, and, formerly, hoo.] The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried "Hoo!" Chaucer. An herald on a scaffold made an hoo. Chaucer.
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Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. "What noise there, ho" Shak. "Ho! who's within" Shak. 2. Etym: [Perhaps corrupted fr. hold; but cf. F. hau stop! and E. whoa.] Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything. [Written also whoa, and, formerly, hoo.] The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried "Hoo!" Chaucer. An herald on a scaffold made an hoo. Chaucer.
Etymology
Obsolete variant of ho.
HOA at a glance
HOA has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (H 4 + O 1 + A 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #26,752 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -HOA
More endings- WHOA10
- TAIHOA9
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