KANEH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. KANEH 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 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept KANEH?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KANEH is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KANEH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kanehsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KANEH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KANEH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does KANEH mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An ancient Hebrew unit of length equal to six cubits, roughly ten or eleven feet.
Kaneh is named after the reed once used to lay out that distance, and Ezekiel's description of the temple measurements is the main place the word survives in translation. English dictionaries keep kaneh alongside other biblical units such as the cubit, all describing a world before any fixed international standard. The measure has no modern use outside biblical scholarship and historical dictionaries.
How KANEH is used
Historical; found in discussions of biblical measurement rather than in everyday use.
- The prophet's vision measures the wall in kaneh rather than cubits.
- A kaneh equals six cubits in the old Hebrew system.
- Scholars still argue over the exact modern length of a kaneh.
- The word kaneh comes from the Hebrew for reed.
- Older Bible commentaries explain the kaneh alongside other ancient units.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KANEH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KANEH
1 longer words begin with KANEH.
Shorter words from the letters in KANEH
Common questions about KANEH
- Is KANEH valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and KANEH is not in it.
- How many points is KANEH worth?
- KANEH is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KANEH mean?
- An ancient Hebrew unit of length equal to six cubits, roughly ten or eleven feet.
- What letters can be added to KANEH?
- KANEH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KANEH:
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