ESNE is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. ESNE 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 ESNE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ESNE is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ESNE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ESNE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ESNE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,476.
What stands out about ESNE
- 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 ESNE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A household servant or labourer of the lowest free or unfree class in Anglo-Saxon England.
An esne stood near the bottom of the Anglo-Saxon social order, working the land or the household for a lord. Historians use the Old English word esne rather than slave or servant when they want to mark that particular, now vanished, legal status.
How ESNE is used
Found only in historical and academic writing about Anglo-Saxon England, never in modern conversation.
- The estate records list an esne among the household staff.
- Old English law codes set out the rights owed to an esne.
- A freed esne could sometimes rise to a higher rank.
- The document names three esne working land held by the lord.
- Historians debate how an esne differed in status from a slave.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ESNE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ESNE
The 4 tiles of ESNE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with ESNE
3 longer words begin with ESNE.
Words ending in ESNE
2 words end in ESNE. Useful as a back hook: play ESNE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ESNE inside
8 words contain ESNE in the middle. Words that start with ESNE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ESNE
Common questions about ESNE
- Is ESNE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ESNE, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ESNE worth?
- ESNE is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ESNE mean?
- A household servant or labourer of the lowest free or unfree class in Anglo-Saxon England.
- What letters can be added to ESNE?
- ESNE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ESNE:
Open ESNE in the Word Finder