Yes, hire is in the scrabble dictionary
...and is worth 6 points by itself.
hire
noun
1. Informal One who is hired: two new hires in the sales department.
2. Payment for services; wages.
3. Payment for the use of something.
4. The act of hiring.
5. The condition or fact of being hired.
verb
1. To engage the personal services of for a set sum .
2. To engage the temporary use of for a fixed sum .
3. To grant the personal services of or temporary use of for a fixed sum .
4. To get done for pay .
5. To take employment .
verb-intransitive
1. To obtain work: She hired on as a deck hand. He hired out as a photographer.
verb-transitive
1. To engage the services of (a person) for a fee; employ: hired a new clerk.
2. To engage the temporary use of for a fee; rent: hire a car for the day.
3. To grant the services of or the temporary use of for a fee: hired himself out as a cook; hired out the cottage for the summer.
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Top Words by points |
Points |
Word Game |
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heir | 7 |
Scrabble |
2 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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eh | 5 |
er | 2 |
he | 5 |
hi | 5 |
re | 2 |
3 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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her | 6 |
hie | 6 |
ire | 3 |
rei | 3 |
4 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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heir | 7 |
hire | 7 |