HEN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. HEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEN?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEN is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HEN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does HEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A female bird, especially a chicken.
Hen means the female of any bird and not only poultry: a hen pheasant, a hen harrier. In Scotland it is also an affectionate form of address to a woman, entirely unconnected to the bird and used constantly without anybody thinking about it.
How HEN is used
Countable: a hen, two hens. Also Scots address.
- The hen went broody and stopped laying entirely.
- A hen harrier is named for the sex of the bird.
- Aye, hen, sit yourself down.
- Two hens and a cockerel is more than enough for a garden.
- The hen pheasant is brown and the male is not.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HEN
Showing 24 of 86 words that begin with HEN.
Words ending in HEN
Showing 24 of 79 words that end in HEN. Useful as a back hook: play HEN onto a word already on the board.
Words with HEN inside
Showing 24 of 743 words that contain HEN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HEN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HEN
Common questions about HEN
- Is HEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEN, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEN worth?
- HEN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEN mean?
- A female bird, especially a chicken.
- What letters can be added to HEN?
- HEN takes 6 hooks: 3 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HEN:
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