HYGGE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. HYGGE 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 13 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept HYGGE?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYGGE is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYGGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hyggesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HYGGE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HYGGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does HYGGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A feeling of cosy, contented well-being, especially shared with others in comfortable surroundings.
Hygge is a Danish word that English borrowed directly because no single native word covered the same mix of warmth, comfort and togetherness. Candles, thick blankets, and a slow evening with friends are often cited as classic examples of hygge, though the feeling matters more than any particular object. English writers picked the word up widely after books on Danish living habits popularized it, and it now appears in lifestyle and interior-design writing without translation.
How HYGGE is used
Borrowed from Danish; used in English lifestyle and design writing to describe cosy contentment.
- They lit candles and called the whole evening pure hygge.
- The shop sold blankets marketed as essential for hygge.
- Winter brought out everyone's need for a little hygge.
- Hygge is hard to translate exactly into a single English word.
- The article described hygge as comfort shared rather than comfort alone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYGGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HYGGE
1 longer words begin with HYGGE.
Shorter words from the letters in HYGGE
Common questions about HYGGE
- Is HYGGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYGGE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYGGE worth?
- HYGGE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYGGE mean?
- A feeling of cosy, contented well-being, especially shared with others in comfortable surroundings.
- What letters can be added to HYGGE?
- HYGGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HYGGE:
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