hop: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 8 letter points · starts with H · ends with P
Meaning of hop
noun
A short jump.
Example: The frog crossed the brook in three or four hops.
A jump on one leg.
A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane.
- figuratively, informal
A brief period of development or progress.
Example: For popular radio stars in New York and Los Angeles, it was a short hop to network television.
Listed forms: hops.
Source: Wiktionary — hop.
verb
- intransitive
To jump a short distance.
- intransitive
To jump on one foot.
- intransitive
To be in state of energetic activity.
Example: Sorry, can't chat. Got to hop.
- transitive
To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.
Example: I hopped a plane over here as soon as I heard the news.
Listed forms: hops, hopping, hopped.
Source: Wiktionary — hop.
noun
A plant of species Humulus lupulus, native to northern Europe, female flowers of which are used to flavour many types of beer during brewing.
- plural-normally
The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer.
- US, slang
Opium, or some other narcotic drug.
The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.
Listed forms: hops.
Source: Wiktionary — hop.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for hop.
noun
twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer
noun
an informal dance where popular music is played
- record hop
verb
jump lightly
- skip
- hop-skip
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is hop in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of hop
H(4) + O(1) + P(3) = 8 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of hop
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from hop
3 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in hop. Showing up to 24, longest first.