MEN is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. MEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MEN?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MEN is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 9 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MEN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MEN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in MEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does MEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
Adult male human beings.
Men is one of about seven English plurals formed by changing the vowel instead of adding a letter, and every one of them survives from a much older system. The others include feet, teeth, geese, mice and lice.
How MEN is used
Plural. The vowel change is irregular and very old.
- Four men and a van arrived two hours late.
- The plural men changes the vowel rather than adding a letter.
- Men and feet form their plurals the same way.
- Two men were needed to lift what one had carried in.
- Only about seven English words make plurals like men.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MEN
The 3 tiles of MEN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MEN
Showing 24 of 226 words that begin with MEN.
Words ending in MEN
Showing 24 of 749 words that end in MEN. Useful as a back hook: play MEN onto a word already on the board.
Words with MEN inside
Showing 24 of 3198 words that contain MEN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with MEN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MEN
Common questions about MEN
- Is MEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MEN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MEN worth?
- MEN is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MEN mean?
- Adult male human beings.
- What letters can be added to MEN?
- MEN takes 9 hooks: 2 in front and 7 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of MEN:
Open MEN in the Word Finder