hot-wire

VERB
8 LETTERS · STARTS WITH H

hot-wire is a valid 8-letter word worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
H4O1T1-0W4I1R1E1
4 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 =13 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 26TRIPLE WORD → 39
MEANING

What does hot-wire mean?

VERB · 1 SENSE
1

Start (a car engine) without a key by bypassing the ignition interlock.

“The woman who lost the car keys had to hot-wire her van”