Scrabble & Words with friends points
- hot is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
- hot is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
- hot is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 5
Definition of hot
- producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves (adjective)
Examples
- hot salsa
- jalapeno peppers are very hot
Synonyms
- spicy
- characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense (adjective)
Examples
- the fighting became hot and heavy
- a hot engagement
Synonyms
- raging
- charged or energized with electricity (adjective)
Examples
- a hot wire
Synonyms
- live
- newest or most recent (adjective)
Examples
- news hot off the press
- red-hot information
Synonyms
- red-hot
- very fast; capable of quick response and great speed (adjective)
Examples
- a hot sports car
- got off to a hot start
- in hot pursuit
- a red-hot line drive
Synonyms
- blistering
- red-hot
- (color) bold and intense (adjective)
Examples
- hot pink
- extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm (adjective)
Examples
- a hot temper
- a hot topic
- a hot new book
- a hot love affair
- a hot argument
- having or bringing unusually good luck (adjective)
Examples
- hot at craps
- the dice are hot tonight
- having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity (adjective)
Examples
- hot fuel rods
- a hot laboratory
- having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm (adjective)
Examples
- hot for travel
- marked by excited activity (adjective)
Examples
- a hot week on the stock market
- newly made (adjective)
Examples
- a hot scent
- of a seeker; very near to the object sought (adjective)
Examples
- you are hot
- performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy (adjective)
Examples
- a hot drummer
- he's hot tonight
- recently stolen or smuggled (adjective)
Examples
- hot merchandise
- a hot car
- sexually excited or exciting (adjective)
Examples
- was hot for her
- hot pants
- used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning (adjective)
Examples
- hot stove
- hot water
- a hot August day
- a hot stuffy room
- she's hot and tired
- a hot forehead
- very good; often used in the negative (adjective)
Examples
- he's hot at math but not so hot at history
- very popular or successful (adjective)
Examples
- one of the hot young talents
- cabbage patch dolls were hot last season
- very unpleasant or even dangerous (adjective)
Examples
- make it hot for him
- in the hot seat
- in hot water
- wanted by the police (adjective)
Examples
- a hot suspect
See definition of hot in Merriam Webster