TEEN is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. TEEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TEEN?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TEEN is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 9.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TEEN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TEEN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TEEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,650.
What stands out about TEEN
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TEEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A teenager, a young person between the ages of thirteen and nineteen.
Teen is a shortened, informal form of teenager, and is often used before another noun to describe things aimed at that age group, as in teen fashion or teen fiction. An older, separate sense of teen meaning grief or injury survives only in archaic and poetic writing.
How TEEN is used
Common in everyday and media use; the archaic grief sense is essentially obsolete.
- Every teen in the class signed up for the trip.
- The store sells clothing designed for teens.
- As a teen she spent hours reading in the library.
- The film follows a group of teens on a road trip.
- Magazines aimed at teens often cover music and fashion.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TEEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TEEN
The 4 tiles of TEEN in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with TEEN
Showing 24 of 35 words that begin with TEEN.
Words ending in TEEN
24 words end in TEEN. Useful as a back hook: play TEEN onto a word already on the board.
Words with TEEN inside
Showing 24 of 75 words that contain TEEN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TEEN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TEEN
Common questions about TEEN
- Is TEEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TEEN, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TEEN worth?
- TEEN is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TEEN mean?
- A teenager, a young person between the ages of thirteen and nineteen.
- What letters can be added to TEEN?
- TEEN takes 5 hooks: 1 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TEEN:
Open TEEN in the Word Finder