KENO is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. KENO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KENO?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KENO is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KENO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kenosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KENO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in KENO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What does KENO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A gambling game in which players mark numbers and hope they are drawn.
Keno runs slowly and steadily rather than in bursts, which is why it lives in bars and clubs rather than at a table: a screen pulls twenty balls out of eighty every few minutes and nobody has to be present for any of it. It reached America with Chinese labourers in the nineteenth century and kept the shape it arrived in.
How KENO is used
Uncountable as the game: to play keno, a game of keno.
- The screen in the corner ran keno all afternoon.
- He plays keno because it asks nothing of him.
- A keno board holds eighty numbers.
- Keno pays badly and slowly, which is the whole design.
- She marked her keno card and went back to her book.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KENO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KENO
16 longer words begin with KENO.
Words ending in KENO
1 words end in KENO. Useful as a back hook: play KENO onto a word already on the board.
Words with KENO inside
1 words contain KENO in the middle. Words that start with KENO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in KENO
Common questions about KENO
- Is KENO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KENO, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KENO worth?
- KENO is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KENO mean?
- A gambling game in which players mark numbers and hope they are drawn.
- What letters can be added to KENO?
- KENO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of KENO:
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