DEEN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. DEEN is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 5 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept DEEN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEEN is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
deensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEEN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DEEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,476.
What stands out about DEEN
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DEEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicpoetic
An archaic, poetic word for din, a loud and confused noise.
Deen turns up in older verse where a poet wanted a shorter, softer-sounding word than din for a clamour of voices or bells. It carries the same meaning as din but belongs to a more literary, old-fashioned register.
How DEEN is used
Found in older poetry and literary glossaries rather than modern speech.
- The market square rang with the deen of a hundred voices.
- A deen of bells rolled across the valley at dawn.
- The old ballad describes the battle's deen fading into silence.
- Children raised such a deen that the elders covered their ears.
- The poet compares the storm's deen to a distant drum.
- Through the deen of the crowd, one voice carried clearly.
- The hall filled with the deen of laughter and clinking cups.
- Even the deen of the river could not drown out the singing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEEN and 8 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Where else you’ll see DEEN
- Deen appears mainly as an archaic spelling connected to the poet Edmund Spenser, whose language often preserved older word forms.
- Deen survives today chiefly in dictionaries of archaic and poetic English, not in ordinary conversation.
Anagrams of DEEN
The 4 tiles of DEEN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DEEN
1 longer words begin with DEEN.
Words ending in DEEN
6 words end in DEEN. Useful as a back hook: play DEEN onto a word already on the board.
Words with DEEN inside
2 words contain DEEN in the middle. Words that start with DEEN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DEEN
Common questions about DEEN
- Is DEEN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and DEEN is not in it.
- How many points is DEEN worth?
- DEEN is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEEN mean?
- An archaic, poetic word for din, a loud and confused noise.
- What letters can be added to DEEN?
- DEEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DEEN:
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