HEP is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. HEP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEP?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEP is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HEP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HEP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,369.
What does HEP mean in Scrabble?
adjective
slang
Aware of what is fashionable — the older form of hip.
Hep came first and hip replaced it, which is unusual: normally the older form survives alongside the new one. Both belong to American jazz talk of the 1930s and 1940s, and hep now sounds dated in a way the word that replaced it never has.
How HEP is used
Predicative and attributive. Dated; the current word is hip.
- He was hep to the whole business before anybody else.
- A hep cat in that decade meant something quite specific.
- The word hep dates a recording within about ten years.
- Nobody has been hep since about 1955.
- Hep gave way to a shorter word and vanished.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HEP
The 3 tiles of HEP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HEP
Showing 24 of 127 words that begin with HEP.
Words with HEP inside
Showing 24 of 30 words that contain HEP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HEP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HEP
Common questions about HEP
- Is HEP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEP, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEP worth?
- HEP is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEP mean?
- Aware of what is fashionable — the older form of hip.
- What letters can be added to HEP?
- HEP takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HEP:
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