DENS is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. DENS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DENS?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DENS is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DENS
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
denseChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How DENS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DENS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,404.
What stands out about DENS
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 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 DENS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The tooth-shaped bony projection on the second bone of the neck, around which the head turns.
The dens sits on top of the axis, the second vertebra of the neck, and points upward into a ring formed by the first vertebra; it acts like a peg that lets the skull and top vertebra rotate from side to side. The name comes from the Latin word for tooth, because of its narrow, pointed shape.
How DENS is used
Technical; used in anatomy and medicine rather than in everyday description of the neck.
- A fracture of the dens can make turning the head dangerous.
- The surgeon studied the scan to check whether the dens was displaced.
- The dens allows the skull to pivot on the second vertebra.
- An old injury had left a small crack near the base of the dens.
- Textbooks describe the dens as shaped like a small tooth or peg.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DENS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DENS
The 4 tiles of DENS in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with DENS
Showing 24 of 26 words that begin with DENS.
Words ending in DENS
Showing 24 of 64 words that end in DENS. Useful as a back hook: play DENS onto a word already on the board.
Words with DENS inside
Showing 24 of 40 words that contain DENS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DENS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DENS
Common questions about DENS
- Is DENS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DENS, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DENS worth?
- DENS is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DENS mean?
- The tooth-shaped bony projection on the second bone of the neck, around which the head turns.
- What letters can be added to DENS?
- DENS takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DENS:
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