The word hoa is a valid scrabble word, except in North America

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • hoa interj. (Obsolete) ho; hey; a call for attention.
  • Hoa n. A minority ethnic group of Vietnam, regarded as Chinese.
  • HOA prop.n. Initialism of Horn of Africa.

15 valid words from 3 definitions

AS ATTENTION CALL CHINESE ETHNIC FOR GROUP HEY HO HORN INITIALISM MINORITY OBSOLETE OF REGARDED

2 invalid words from 3 definitions

AFRICA VIETNAM

One word in word (Word found as is inside the word.)

HO

One word-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word.)

OH

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

HAO

22 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

BOA GOA HOB HOC HOD HOE HOG HOH HOI HOM HON HOO HOP HOS HOT HOW HOX HOY KOA MOA POA ZOA

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

HA HO

5 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

HOHA HOKA HOMA HORA HOYA

58 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

HOAR HOAS HOAX HOAED HOAGY HOARD HOARS HOARY HOAST HOAGIE HOAING HOARDS HOARED HOARSE HOASTS HOAXED HOAXER HOAXES HOAGIES HOARDED HOARDER HOARIER HOARILY HOARING HOARSEN HOARSER HOASTED HOATZIN HOAXERS HOAXING HOACTZIN HOARDERS HOARDING HOARHEAD HOARIEST HOARSELY HOARSENS HOARSEST HOASTING HOASTMAN HOASTMEN HOATZINS HOACTZINS HOARDINGS HOARFROST HOARHEADS HOARHOUND HOARINESS HOARSENED HOATCHING + 8 words

78 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

SHOAL SHOAT CHOANA SHOALS SHOALY SHOATS CHOANAE SHOALED SHOALER TAIHOAS UNHOARD UPHOARD BENTHOAL DISHOARD INCHOATE SHOALEST SHOALIER SHOALING TAIHOAED UNHOARDS UPHOARDS DISHOARDS INCHOATED INCHOATES ORTHOAXES ORTHOAXIS SHOALIEST SHOALINGS SHOALNESS SHOALWISE TAIHOAING UNHOARDED UPHOARDED CHOANOCYTE DIMETHOATE DISHOARDED INCHOATELY INCHOATING INCHOATION INCHOATIVE SHOALINESS UNHOARDING UPHOARDING CHOANOCYTES DIMETHOATES DISHOARDING INCHOATIONS INCHOATIVES SHOALNESSES INCHOATENESS + 28 words

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

WHOA TAIHOA

21 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+C CHAO
+D ODAH
+H HOHA
+I OHIA
+K HOKA KOHA
+L HALO
+M HOMA
+N NOAH
+P OPAH
+R HARO HOAR HORA
+S HAOS HOAS
+T OATH
+W WHOA WOAH
+X HOAX
+Y AHOY HOYA

4 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-A HO OH
-O AH HA

Scrabble scoring

  • 6 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 12.3 chance (8.12%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 32.1 chance (3.12%).

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Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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