HYPHEN is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. HYPHEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HYPHEN?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYPHEN is to know. It scores 17 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYPHEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hyphensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HYPHEN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HYPHEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,139 thousand.
What stands out about HYPHEN
- HYPHEN gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HYPHEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A short horizontal mark used to join words or to split a word at the end of a line.
The hyphen is shorter than a dash and works inside compounds like well-known. Do not mix it up with the longer dashes used for pauses. As a verb, to hyphen is less common than to hyphenate.
How HYPHEN is used
A punctuation mark for compounds and line breaks.
- Put a hyphen between the two words.
- The editor deleted the hyphen from the title.
- A hyphen at the end of the line shows the word continues.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYPHEN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HYPHEN
Showing 24 of 25 words that begin with HYPHEN.
Shorter words from the letters in HYPHEN
Common questions about HYPHEN
- Is HYPHEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYPHEN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYPHEN worth?
- HYPHEN is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYPHEN mean?
- A short horizontal mark used to join words or to split a word at the end of a line.
- What letters can be added to HYPHEN?
- HYPHEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HYPHEN:
Open HYPHEN in the Word Finder