HENCH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. HENCH is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 13 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept HENCH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HENCH is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HENCH
No single letter turns HENCH into another word.
How HENCH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HENCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What stands out about HENCH
- HENCH begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HENCH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalBritishslang
Physically strong and muscular, especially of a man's build.
Hench spread through British slang, especially among young speakers, as a compliment for someone visibly fit and muscular from training. It differs from older words like burly or brawny in carrying a sense of deliberate gym work rather than natural bulk. The related noun henchman is much older and unrelated in origin, despite the shared spelling.
How HENCH is used
Informal British slang, mainly among younger speakers, describing someone muscular and fit.
- He got noticeably hench after a year of training.
- The trainer said she wanted to look hench, not just thin.
- Everyone at the gym seemed impossibly hench to the new members.
- His hench older brother could lift twice what he could.
- The film cast a hench actor for the bodyguard role.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HENCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HENCH
8 longer words begin with HENCH.
Shorter words from the letters in HENCH
Common questions about HENCH
- Is HENCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HENCH, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HENCH worth?
- HENCH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HENCH mean?
- Physically strong and muscular, especially of a man's build.
- What letters can be added to HENCH?
- No single letter can be added to HENCH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HENCH:
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