DEN is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. DEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEN?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEN is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 561.
What stands out about DEN
- The same 3 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 DEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A wild animal's shelter or lair.
Den for a small private room in a house is American and nineteenth-century, and it kept the sense of somewhere to withdraw to. The phrase about a den of thieves is far older and came into English through the Bible.
How DEN is used
Countable: a den, two dens.
- The den had two entrances and neither was obvious.
- A den in an American house is a small back room.
- A den of thieves is a phrase from scripture.
- The word den covers a lair and a study alike.
- Two dens in the same wood and one fox.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEN
The 3 tiles of DEN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DEN
Showing 24 of 343 words that begin with DEN.
Words ending in DEN
Showing 24 of 125 words that end in DEN. Useful as a back hook: play DEN onto a word already on the board.
Words with DEN inside
Showing 24 of 977 words that contain DEN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DEN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DEN
Common questions about DEN
- Is DEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEN, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEN worth?
- DEN is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEN mean?
- A wild animal's shelter or lair.
- What letters can be added to DEN?
- DEN takes 5 hooks: 0 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DEN:
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