HEARTEN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. HEARTEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEARTEN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEARTEN is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEARTEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
heartensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HEARTEN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HEARTEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 62,381.
What does HEARTEN mean in Scrabble?
verb
To give someone courage or cheer them up.
To hearten a person is to put new heart into them, often after a setback. It is rarer than encourage, and it is frequent in the participle form, as in heartening news, which means news that lifts the spirits.
How HEARTEN is used
Hearten is used when good news or kind words restore confidence.
- The coach's calm words did much to hearten the team.
- Early results helped to hearten the campaign workers.
- A letter from home would hearten the weary soldiers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEARTEN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HEARTEN
The 7 tiles of HEARTEN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HEARTEN
6 longer words begin with HEARTEN.
Shorter words from the letters in HEARTEN
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Common questions about HEARTEN
- Is HEARTEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEARTEN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEARTEN worth?
- HEARTEN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEARTEN mean?
- To give someone courage or cheer them up.
- What letters can be added to HEARTEN?
- HEARTEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HEARTEN:
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