HAPPEN is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HAPPEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAPPEN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAPPEN is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAPPEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
happensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HAPPEN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HAPPEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 919,794.
What does HAPPEN mean in Scrabble?
verb
To take place or come about, often by chance or without being planned.
Happen grew out of the old noun hap, meaning luck or chance, which also lies behind happy, perhaps and mishap. It covers events that occur on their own, as in nothing happened, and chance discoveries, as in I happened to see him. Speakers also use it in polite questions such as do you happen to know the time. In some northern English dialects it even works as an adverb meaning perhaps.
How HAPPEN is used
Very common in all registers; the dialect sense of perhaps is regional.
- What did happen after the lights went out?
- Accidents happen even to careful drivers.
- I happen to know the answer.
- It was bound to happen sooner or later.
- Nothing seemed to happen for a long while.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAPPEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HAPPEN
8 longer words begin with HAPPEN.
Shorter words from the letters in HAPPEN
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Common questions about HAPPEN
- Is HAPPEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAPPEN, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAPPEN worth?
- HAPPEN is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAPPEN mean?
- To take place or come about, often by chance or without being planned.
- What letters can be added to HAPPEN?
- HAPPEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HAPPEN:
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