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HOBBLED

7 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What HOBBLED Means

HOBBLED is a form of HOBBLE, which means:

  1. verb: walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury“The old woman hobbles down to the store every day”
  2. verb: hamper the action or progress of“The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean”
  3. noun: a shackle for the ankles or feet
  4. noun: the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HOBBLED is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 O1 B3 B3 L1 E1 D2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 65 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In HOBBLED

65 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

6 letter words (4)

5 letter words (4)

4 letter words (19)

3 letter words (24)

2 letter words (14)

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.