ET is a valid Scrabble word — 2 points
Yes. ET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 2 points in Scrabble and 2 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ET?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ET is to know. It scores 2 from 2 tiles, takes 18 hooks, and its letters make up 9.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ET
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ET scores
Face value of the 2 tiles in ET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 2 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 69.
What stands out about ET
- ET is one of just 133 words of 2 letters in the four lists we check — a short list worth knowing by heart.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ET mean in Scrabble?
verb
dialect
To have eaten. A dialect past form of the verb eat.
Et is what ate and eaten become across a good deal of rural speech in England and America, and writers reach for it when a character should sound country. It is old rather than careless: et was ordinary for centuries and only later lost ground in print. A reader who meets et in dialogue is meant to hear an accent, not an error.
How ET is used
Covers both the simple past and the participle, so it works on its own and after had: he et it, he had et it.
- He et the whole pie before anyone noticed.
- They had et and gone by the time we came.
- We et supper on the porch every night that summer.
- The dog et what was left and looked round for more.
- You have not et a thing all day.
- She et slowly, watching the road.
- By noon the goats had et clean through the fence.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ET and 7 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ET
The 2 tiles of ET in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ET
Showing 24 of 396 words that begin with ET.
Words ending in ET
Showing 24 of 1032 words that end in ET. Useful as a back hook: play ET onto a word already on the board.
Words with ET inside
Showing 24 of 11760 words that contain ET somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ET are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about ET
- Is ET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ET, where it scores 2 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ET worth?
- ET is worth 2 points in Scrabble and 2 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ET mean?
- To have eaten. A dialect past form of the verb eat.
- What letters can be added to ET?
- ET takes 18 hooks: 16 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 2 letters of ET:
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