/hʌt/
nouninterjection

Is HUT a Scrabble word?

Yes. HUT is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Meaning A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.

Noun 2 meanings

  1. A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.

    “a thatched hut; a mud hut; a shepherd’s hut”

  2. A small wooden shed.

    “a groundsman’s hut”

Interjection 1 meaning

  1. Called by the quarterback to prepare the team for a play.

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: hut via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English *hutte, hotte, from both Old English hōd and Old English hȳdan (“to hide”) and influenced by Anglo-Norman hute or hutte, from Middle French hutte, from Old French hute (“hut”), hute (“cottage”), from Old High German hutta (“hut, cottage”), from Proto-Germanic *hudjǭ, *hudjō (“hut”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to deck; cover; covering; skin”).

HUT at a glance

HUT has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (H 4 + U 1 + T 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #8,912 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -HUT

More endings

Same last three letters as HUT. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • SHUT7
  • CHUT9
  • BAHUT10
  • PHUT9
  • BHUT9
  • COCKSHUT19
  • UNSHUT9

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