Is “Hoops” a Scrabble word?
Yes
HOOPS
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary
Valid in these dictionaries
SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Meaning of Hoops
/huːps/
noun
1.A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
2.A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop.
“the cheese hoop, or cylinder in which the curd is pressed in making cheese”
3.A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
verb
1.To bind or fasten using a hoop.
“to hoop a barrel or puncheon”
2.To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
noun
1.A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
2.The hoopoe.
verb
1.To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
2.To whoop, as in whooping cough.