HENEQUEN is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. HENEQUEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HENEQUEN?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HENEQUEN is to know. It scores 20 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HENEQUEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
henequensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HENEQUEN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HENEQUEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HENEQUEN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HENEQUEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A stiff yellowish fibre taken from the leaves of a Mexican agave plant, used for rope and twine.
Henequen once made Yucatan a wealthy region, because the fibre was in huge demand for binder twine on farms. The plant itself takes the same name, so henequen can mean either the crop or the material.
How HENEQUEN is used
Henequen is found in texts on agriculture, trade and Mexican history.
- Workers stripped the henequen leaves by hand.
- The rope on the old ship was made of henequen.
- Fields of henequen stretched across the plain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HENEQUEN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HENEQUEN
1 longer words begin with HENEQUEN.
Shorter words from the letters in HENEQUEN
Common questions about HENEQUEN
- Is HENEQUEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HENEQUEN, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HENEQUEN worth?
- HENEQUEN is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HENEQUEN mean?
- A stiff yellowish fibre taken from the leaves of a Mexican agave plant, used for rope and twine.
- What letters can be added to HENEQUEN?
- HENEQUEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HENEQUEN:
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