GEN is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. GEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GEN?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GEN is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GEN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GEN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in GEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 749.
What stands out about GEN
- 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 GEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
Information about something.
Gen is British services slang from the Second World War, probably clipped from general information. It survives in the phrase about giving somebody the gen on a subject, and in almost no other construction at all.
How GEN is used
Uncountable. Chiefly in give somebody the gen.
- Give me the gen before I ring them back.
- The word gen is wartime services slang.
- She had the gen on every supplier in the county.
- Gen is probably clipped from general information.
- The full gen took four minutes to deliver.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GEN
The 3 tiles of GEN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with GEN
Showing 24 of 381 words that begin with GEN.
Words ending in GEN
Showing 24 of 128 words that end in GEN. Useful as a back hook: play GEN onto a word already on the board.
Words with GEN inside
Showing 24 of 1869 words that contain GEN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GEN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GEN
Common questions about GEN
- Is GEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GEN, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GEN worth?
- GEN is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GEN mean?
- Information about something.
- What letters can be added to GEN?
- GEN takes 6 hooks: 1 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of GEN:
Open GEN in the Word Finder