Yes, hook is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Fasten with a hook

2. Rip off; ask an unreasonable price

3. Make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle

4. Hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left

5. Take by theft

6. Make off with belongings of others

7. Hit with a hook

8. Catch with a hook

9. To cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

10. Secure with the foot

11. Entice and trap

12. Approach with an offer of sexual favors

Noun

1. A catch for locking a door

2. A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook

3. Anything that serves as an enticement

4. A mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something

5. A curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something

6. A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer

7. A short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent

8. A basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket