What HOPEFUL Means
- adjective: having or manifesting hope“a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets”
- adjective: likely to turn out well in the future“had a bright future in publishing”
- noun: an ambitious and aspiring young person“a lofty aspirant”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
HOPEFUL 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 P3 E1 F4 U1 L1.
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 HOPEFUL
72 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.
5 letter words (4)
4 letter words (21)
3 letter words (31)
2 letter words (16)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.