FEN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. FEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FEN?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FEN is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FEN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FEN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in FEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does FEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
Low flat marshy land.
The great fen of eastern England was drained from the seventeenth century onward, and the ground has been sinking ever since: peat shrinks as it dries, so parts of that country now lie below sea level and go lower every decade. A post driven in 1851 shows four metres of loss.
How FEN is used
Countable: a fen, two fens.
- The fen was drained and the ground began to sink.
- A fen is fed by groundwater and a bog by rain.
- Peat in the fen shrinks as soon as it dries out.
- They farm the fen and pump the water off it constantly.
- Four metres of fen have gone since 1851.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FEN
The 3 tiles of FEN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FEN
Showing 24 of 87 words that begin with FEN.
Words ending in FEN
10 words end in FEN. Useful as a back hook: play FEN onto a word already on the board.
Words with FEN inside
Showing 24 of 155 words that contain FEN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FEN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FEN
Common questions about FEN
- Is FEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FEN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FEN worth?
- FEN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FEN mean?
- Low flat marshy land.
- What letters can be added to FEN?
- FEN takes 5 hooks: 0 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FEN:
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