HIZEN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 17 points
It depends on the list you play by. HIZEN 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 17 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HIZEN?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HIZEN is to know. It scores 17 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HIZEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hizensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HIZEN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HIZEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does HIZEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A type of finely made, richly decorated Japanese porcelain, traditionally produced in the Hizen region of Japan.
Hizen ware became famous for its white body and detailed painted decoration, and pieces were exported to Europe from the seventeenth century onward, where collectors prized them alongside other named porcelains; the word names the porcelain style rather than the place itself when it appears in collecting and antiques writing. Fine hizen pieces are still sought by porcelain collectors today.
How HIZEN is used
Used mainly in writing about ceramics, antiques and the history of porcelain.
- The museum displayed a rare hizen vase.
- Collectors paid a high price for the antique hizen bowl.
- The auction catalogue listed several pieces of hizen porcelain.
- Traders once shipped hizen wares across the ocean to Europe.
- She admired the delicate painting on the hizen plate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HIZEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HIZEN
1 longer words begin with HIZEN.
Shorter words from the letters in HIZEN
Common questions about HIZEN
- Is HIZEN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HIZEN is not in it.
- How many points is HIZEN worth?
- HIZEN is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HIZEN mean?
- A type of finely made, richly decorated Japanese porcelain, traditionally produced in the Hizen region of Japan.
- What letters can be added to HIZEN?
- HIZEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HIZEN:
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