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What does hovel mean? Is hovel a Scrabble word?

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Is hovel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hovel is a Scrabble US word. The word hovel is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

H4O1V4E1L1

Is hovel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hovel is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

H4O1V4E1L1

Is hovel a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word hovel is a Words With Friends word. The word hovel is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3O1V5E1L2

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5-letter words (1 found)

HOVEL,

4-letter words (7 found)

HELO,HOLE,HOVE,LEVO,LOVE,OVEL,VOLE,

3-letter words (6 found)

EVO,HOE,LEV,OLE,VOE,VOL,

2-letter words (7 found)

EH,EL,HE,HO,LO,OE,OH,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 22 words from hovel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of hovel

hovel ohvel hvoel vhoel ovhel vohel hoevl ohevl heovl ehovl oehvl eohvl hveol vheol hevol ehvol vehol evhol ovehl voehl oevhl eovhl veohl evohl hovle ohvle hvole vhole ovhle vohle holve ohlve hlove lhove olhve lohve hvloe vhloe hlvoe lhvoe vlhoe lvhoe ovlhe volhe olvhe lovhe vlohe lvohe hoelv ohelv heolv eholv oehlv eohlv holev ohlev hloev lhoev olhev lohev helov ehlov hleov lheov elhov lehov oelhv eolhv olehv loehv elohv leohv hvelo vhelo hevlo ehvlo vehlo evhlo hvleo vhleo hlveo lhveo vlheo lvheo helvo ehlvo hlevo lhevo elhvo lehvo velho evlho vleho lveho elvho levho ovelh voelh oevlh eovlh veolh evolh ovleh voleh olveh loveh vloeh lvoeh oelvh eolvh olevh loevh elovh leovh veloh evloh vleoh lveoh elvoh levoh

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word hovel. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in hovel.

Definitions and meaning of hovel

hovel

Etymology

From Middle English hovel, hovil, hovylle, diminutive of *hove, *hof (“structure, building, house”), from Old English hof (“an enclosure, court, dwelling, house”), from Proto-Germanic *hufą (“hill, farm”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“arch, bend, buckle”), equivalent to howf +‎ -el. Compare Middle High German hobel (“cover, lid, covered wagon”). Cognate with Dutch hof (“garden, court”), German Hof (“yard, garden, court, palace”), Icelandic hof (“temple, hall”). Related to hove and hover.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɒvəl/, /ˈhʌvəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɒvəl
  • Rhymes: -ʌvəl

Noun

hovel (plural hovels)

  1. An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
  2. (derogatory) A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
    Synonyms: shack, shanty
  3. In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.

Translations

Verb

hovel (third-person singular simple present hovels, present participle hovelling or hoveling, simple past and past participle hovelled or hoveled)

  1. (transitive) To put in a hovel; to shelter.
  2. (transitive) To construct a chimney so as to prevent smoking, by making two of the more exposed walls higher than the others, or making an opening on one side near the top.

Source: wiktionary.org