KENT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. KENT 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 KENT?
| 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 KENT is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KENT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KENT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in KENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does KENT mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To have known: the past tense of ken.
Kent is ordinary Scots, not archaism: it is what people say, and a kent face is a familiar one — the phrase turns up in newspapers and in speech alike. English south of the border kept the noun in beyond my ken and lost the verb, which is why kent reads as foreign to readers who know the noun perfectly well.
How KENT is used
Past tense and participle of ken. The phrase a kent face means someone you recognise.
- I kent his father, and his grandfather before that.
- She was glad to see a kent face in the room.
- Everybody kent what he meant and nobody said so.
- They kent the road well enough to walk it in the dark.
- He kent the answer and kept it to himself.
- A kent face at the door is worth more than a letter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KENT and 6 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KENT
9 longer words begin with KENT.
Words ending in KENT
2 words end in KENT. Useful as a back hook: play KENT onto a word already on the board.
Words with KENT inside
2 words contain KENT in the middle. Words that start with KENT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in KENT
Common questions about KENT
- Is KENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KENT, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KENT worth?
- KENT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KENT mean?
- To have known: the past tense of ken.
- What letters can be added to KENT?
- KENT takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of KENT:
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