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HOCKING

7 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What HOCKING Means

HOCKING is a form of HOCK, which means:

  1. noun: any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (‘hock’ is British usage)
  2. noun: tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
  3. verb: leave as a guarantee in return for money“pawn your grandfather's gold watch”
  4. verb: disable by cutting the hock

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HOCKING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 O1 C3 K5 I1 N1 G2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 67 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of HOCKING (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In HOCKING

76 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 (2)

5 letter words (7)

4 letter words (27)

3 letter words (27)

2 letter words (13)

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