HENGE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. HENGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HENGE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HENGE is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HENGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hengesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HENGE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HENGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 31,687.
What does HENGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A prehistoric monument, typically from the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age, made of a roughly circular arrangement of standing stones or wooden posts, usually enclosed by a ditch and bank.
Archaeologists reserve henge for a specific type of circular earthwork, defined mainly by the surrounding ditch and bank rather than by whatever stands inside it, so some henges never held any stones at all. The most famous example, Stonehenge, lent its name to the whole category once researchers recognized similar circular sites scattered across Britain and Ireland. Excavations suggest many henges served ceremonial or gathering purposes tied to the movement of the sun or the seasons, though their exact use is still debated. Because so few written records survive from the period, most of what is known about a given henge comes from careful digging and dating of the earth itself.
How HENGE is used
A technical archaeological term; almost always used for prehistoric British and Irish monuments rather than any circular structure in general.
- Archaeologists mapped a newly discovered henge using ground-penetrating radar.
- The site includes a smaller, lesser-known henge near the main circle.
- Visitors walked the ditch surrounding the ancient henge at dawn.
- Researchers debated whether the henge once held wooden posts or stones.
- Aerial photographs revealed the faint outline of a buried henge.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HENGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HENGE
1 longer words begin with HENGE.
Shorter words from the letters in HENGE
Common questions about HENGE
- Is HENGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HENGE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HENGE worth?
- HENGE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HENGE mean?
- A prehistoric monument, typically from the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age, made of a roughly circular arrangement of standing stones or wooden posts, usually enclosed by a ditch and bank.
- What letters can be added to HENGE?
- HENGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HENGE:
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