ETEN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. ETEN 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 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ETEN?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ETEN is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 9.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ETEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
etensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ETEN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ETEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,650.
What stands out about ETEN
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 ETEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A giant; an old word for a huge, monstrous being, also spelled ettin.
Eten is an archaic English word for a giant, closely related to the form ettin found in folk tales and old romances. It named the huge, man-eating creatures of legend long before giant became the usual word.
How ETEN is used
Archaic; found in medieval and early texts and in discussions of folklore, not in modern speech.
- The old tale tells of an eten who guarded the bridge.
- A hungry eten was said to live beyond the forest.
- Storytellers described the eten as taller than any tower.
- The knight was sent to slay the eten terrorising the village.
- Old romances often pair the eten with a dragon as the final trial for the hero.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ETEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ETEN
The 4 tiles of ETEN in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ETEN
1 longer words begin with ETEN.
Words ending in ETEN
7 words end in ETEN. Useful as a back hook: play ETEN onto a word already on the board.
Words with ETEN inside
Showing 24 of 147 words that contain ETEN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ETEN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ETEN
Common questions about ETEN
- Is ETEN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ETEN is not in it.
- How many points is ETEN worth?
- ETEN is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ETEN mean?
- A giant; an old word for a huge, monstrous being, also spelled ettin.
- What letters can be added to ETEN?
- ETEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ETEN:
Open ETEN in the Word Finder