ENE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 3 points
It depends on the list you play by. ENE 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 3 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ENE?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ENE is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 10 hooks, and its letters make up 10.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ENE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ENE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 408.
What stands out about ENE
- ENE is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
- 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 ENE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicpoetic
A poetic or old-fashioned word for evening, the time of day near sunset.
Poets and older English writers sometimes used ene in place of the ordinary word evening, especially where the shorter form suited the rhythm of a line of verse. It survives today only in the vocabulary of certain word games and in reprints of older poetry, not in everyday speech.
How ENE is used
Archaic and poetic; encountered in verse rather than ordinary prose.
- The old ballad speaks of the falling ene as the travellers reached the inn.
- In the poem, ene brings a hush over the fields.
- She used ene where a modern poet would simply write evening.
- By ene the shepherds had already brought the flock down from the hill.
- The final stanza opens with a picture of grey ene settling on the town.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ENE
The 3 tiles of ENE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ENE
Showing 24 of 51 words that begin with ENE.
Words ending in ENE
Showing 24 of 267 words that end in ENE. Useful as a back hook: play ENE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ENE inside
Showing 24 of 3656 words that contain ENE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ENE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ENE
Common questions about ENE
- Is ENE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ENE is not in it.
- How many points is ENE worth?
- ENE is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENE mean?
- A poetic or old-fashioned word for evening, the time of day near sunset.
- What letters can be added to ENE?
- ENE takes 10 hooks: 8 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ENE:
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