HES is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. HES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HES?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HES is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HES
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How HES scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What stands out about HES
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HES mean in Scrabble?
noun
Male beings referred to as he, in the plural.
Turning a pronoun into a countable noun is a small grammatical joke, and English allows it freely: the hes and the shes, a room full of hes. The plural appears where somebody is counting or sorting rather than referring, and it is written down far more often than it is ever said aloud.
How HES is used
Plural of he used as a noun. Chiefly in writing about grammar or about groups.
- The paragraph is all hes and no shes.
- Count the hes in the first chapter and the point makes itself.
- A style guide asks writers to reduce the hes.
- The register divides them into hes and shes and nothing else.
- Two hes and a she made up the entire committee.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HES
The 3 tiles of HES in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with HES
Showing 24 of 38 words that begin with HES.
Words ending in HES
Showing 24 of 1334 words that end in HES. Useful as a back hook: play HES onto a word already on the board.
Words with HES inside
Showing 24 of 471 words that contain HES somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HES are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HES
Common questions about HES
- Is HES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HES, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HES worth?
- HES is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HES mean?
- Male beings referred to as he, in the plural.
- What letters can be added to HES?
- HES takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HES:
Open HES in the Word Finder