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hooked

/hʊkt/•adjective

Hooked is also used as adjective, with meanings including curved down like an eagle's beak.

3 meanings6 lettersScrabble 14

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

KED

Difficulty

Medium

Dictionary

What Does “HOOKED” Mean?

/hʊkt/

hooked has 3 documented senses across adjective.

Adjective

3 senses

curved down like an eagle's beak

Synonyms

aquiline

addicted to a drug

Synonyms

dependent dependant

having or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold)

“hooklike thorns”

Synonyms

hooklike

Synonyms for HOOKED

aquiline dependent dependant hooklike

Scrabble Score

Letters

Vowels

Consonants

Word Intelligence

Explore the word hooked with its definition, score, letter pattern, and useful word game details.

Definition

curved down like an eagle's beak

Length

6 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

H, O, O, K, E, D

Use Case

Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for hooked.

HOOKED is a 6-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 14.

It starts with H and ends with D.

It contains 3 vowels and 3 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 50%.

It has 1 repeated letter.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABBCDE.

Vowel/consonant pattern: CVVCVC.

Word Strategy

Strategy notes for using hooked in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.

Scrabble Strategy

★★★★★

HOOKED has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

HOOKED is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.

Crossword Strategy

★★★★☆

HOOKED can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

HOOKED contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.

Letter Intelligence

A deeper look at the letter structure, patterns, and useful game signals inside hooked.

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABBCDE

CV Pattern

CVVCVC

Vowel Share

50%

Consonant Share

50%

Bigrams

HO, OO, OK, KE, ED

Trigrams

HOO, OOK, OKE, KED

Crossword Intelligence

Crossword-style clues, crossing help, and pattern notes for hooked.

HOOKED is a 6-letter standard crossword entry.

It starts with H and ends with D, which helps narrow crossword crossings.

It contains 3 vowels and 3 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is CVVCVC.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Hard.