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 letters can be added to HYPHEN?

HYPHEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

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.

h4y4p3h4e1n1

PlayableHYPHEN · 6 letters · 17 pts Scrabble · 16 pts WWF

17points in Scrabble

16points in Words with Friends

6letters

1hook available

1 in 4,139 thousandodds of drawing this rack

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

39WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

2.83

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

4.33%

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

hyphens18

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How HYPHEN scores

Scrabble h4y4p3h4e1n1 17

Words with Friends h3y3p4h3e1n2 16

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

Words starting with HYPHEN

Showing 24 of 25 words that begin with HYPHEN.

Shorter words from the letters in HYPHEN

hype12 hyen10 pyne9 hyp11 heh9 hey9 hye9 yeh9 hep8 peh8 pye8 yep8 hen6 nye6 yen6 nep5 pen5 eh5 he5 ny5 ye5 pe4 en2 ne2

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 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:

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