HENNY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. HENNY 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 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HENNY?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HENNY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HENNY
No single letter turns HENNY into another word.
How HENNY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HENNY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 104,566.
What does HENNY mean in Scrabble?
noun
rarezoology
A rooster whose plumage resembles that of a hen rather than typical male feathering.
Henny describes a cockerel that has hen-feathering, a recognized poultry trait where the male grows rounded, hen-like plumage instead of the pointed feathers usual to roosters. Poultry keepers and breed standards use the word to flag this specific look, distinct from ordinary hens themselves, which are simply female birds.
How HENNY is used
Specialist poultry term, used by breeders describing plumage rather than in general speech.
- The breeder pointed out a henny rooster among the show birds.
- Sebright breed standards call for a henny cockerel by design.
- At a glance the henny bird was easy to mistake for a hen.
- She noted that the henny trait runs in certain family lines.
- Judges checked each entry for proper henny feather shape.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HENNY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HENNY
Common questions about HENNY
- Is HENNY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HENNY is not in it.
- How many points is HENNY worth?
- HENNY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HENNY mean?
- A rooster whose plumage resembles that of a hen rather than typical male feathering.
- What letters can be added to HENNY?
- No single letter can be added to HENNY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HENNY:
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