KENNING is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. KENNING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KENNING?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KENNING is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KENNING
Front hooks — 1
skenningBack hooks — 1
kenningsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KENNING scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in KENNING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 3 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,470 thousand.
What does KENNING mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A compound poetic phrase that names a thing indirectly, as in the Old English "whale-road" for the sea.
Skalds and Anglo-Saxon poets packed their verses with each kenning to add colour and to satisfy the demands of alliteration. A separate and older sense of the word is the range of what a person knows or can see.
How KENNING is used
The word kenning is most often used when discussing Old Norse and Old English poetry.
- The poet called the sea a "swan-road", a lovely kenning.
- Students were asked to invent their own kenning for fire.
- Beyond my kenning lay questions of law.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KENNING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KENNING
1 longer words begin with KENNING.
Shorter words from the letters in KENNING
Common questions about KENNING
- Is KENNING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KENNING, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KENNING worth?
- KENNING is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KENNING mean?
- A compound poetic phrase that names a thing indirectly, as in the Old English "whale-road" for the sea.
- What letters can be added to KENNING?
- KENNING takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of KENNING:
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