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HOOP

4 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

HOOP is a valid 4-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic, 1 in Big, and 1 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

HOOPS-s 2 HOOPING-ing 5 HOOPED-ed 3
noun
  1. countableuncountableA circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
  2. countableuncountableAny circular band or ring.
    • the cheese hoop, or cylinder in which the curd is pressed in making cheese
    • gymnastic hoop
    • a hoop between trees
  3. countableuncountableA circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
  4. countablehistoricaluncountableA circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; (hence, by extension) a hoop petticoat or hoop skirt.
  5. countableuncountableA quart-pot; so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance between the hoops.
  6. UKcountableobsoleteuncountableAn old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
  7. countableuncountableThe rim part of a basketball net.
  8. UScountablemetonymicallyuncountableThe game of basketball.
  9. countableuncountableA hoop earring.
  10. countableuncountableA horizontal stripe on the jersey.
  11. AustraliabroadlycountablemetonymicallyslanguncountableA jockey.
  12. countablefigurativelyuncountableAn obstacle that must be overcome in order to proceed.
  13. uncountableHooping (manipulation of and artistic movement or dancing with a hoop).
  14. slanguncountableA significant amount of swing from the bowler.
  15. countableAn apparatus.
  16. countablemetonymicallyuncountableAn apparatus program with a hoop.
  17. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
  18. archaicThe hoopoe.
verb
  1. transitiveTo bind or fasten using a hoop.
    • to hoop a barrel or puncheon
  2. transitiveTo clasp; to encircle; to surround.
  3. intransitiveslangTo play basketball.
  4. datedTo utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
  5. datedTo whoop, as in whooping cough.