HEH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. HEH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEH?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEH is to know. It scores 9 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hehsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HEH scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HEH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,475.
What stands out about HEH
- HEH is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HEH mean in Scrabble?
interjection
informal
A short laugh, or a sound of mild amusement.
Heh is the flattest of the written laughs: it signals that something was noticed rather than found funny, and it can carry doubt or dismissal depending on what comes after. In messages it is often the entire reply, which says more about the message than about any joke.
How HEH is used
Stands alone or opens a reply. Chiefly written.
- Heh, that would explain a great deal.
- The whole reply was heh and a full stop.
- A heh is not a laugh and both parties know it.
- He wrote heh and changed the subject.
- Heh at the start of a message rarely means agreement.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HEH
1 longer words begin with HEH.
Words with HEH inside
6 words contain HEH in the middle. Words that start with HEH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HEH
Common questions about HEH
- Is HEH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEH, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEH worth?
- HEH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEH mean?
- A short laugh, or a sound of mild amusement.
- What letters can be added to HEH?
- HEH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HEH:
Open HEH in the Word Finder