Yes, hoping is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Expect and wish

2. Be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes

3. Intend with some possibility of fulfilment

4. Jump lightly

5. Move quickly from one place to another

6. Travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.

7. Traverse as if by a short airplane trip

8. Jump across

9. Make a jump forward or upward