Is HOE a Scrabble word?
Yes. HOE is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends.
Meaning Any of various tools for scraping, scratching, digging, or stirring soil or other materials.
Noun 3 meanings
Any of various tools for scraping, scratching, digging, or stirring soil or other materials.
“For their organic row crops, they do the weeding with hoes. They get in there often, but it goes fast, and the weeds never get ahead.”
A piece of land that juts out towards the sea; a promontory.
The horned or piked dogfish, Squalus acanthias.
Verb 2 meanings
To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool.
“to hoe the earth in a garden”
To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe.
Etymology
From Middle English howe, from Anglo-Norman houe, from Frankish *hauwā, derivative of Frankish *hauwan (“to hew”), from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną. More at hew.
HOE at a glance
HOE has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (H 4 + O 1 + E 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #20,493 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -HOE
More endings- SHOE7
- HORSESHOE15
- SNOWSHOE14
- BACKHOE18
- GUMSHOE13
- TUCKAHOE17
- KALANCHOE18
- PAHOEHOE16
- RESHOE9
- OVERSHOE14
- MAHOE10
- UNSHOE9
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