TEN is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. TEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TEN?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TEN is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TEN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TEN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in TEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 374.
What does TEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
The number that comes after nine.
Ten is the base of counting in nearly every language because of the number of fingers, and the exceptions — base twenty, base twelve — usually count something else instead. English keeps traces of base twelve in eleven and twelve.
How TEN is used
Number and noun: a ten, two tens.
- Ten of them turned up and four had been invited.
- The word ten is the base of counting almost everywhere.
- Eleven and twelve are traces of a different base than ten.
- Two tens and a five is the same as a twenty-five.
- Counting in tens comes from having ten fingers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TEN
The 3 tiles of TEN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TEN
Showing 24 of 370 words that begin with TEN.
Words ending in TEN
Showing 24 of 161 words that end in TEN. Useful as a back hook: play TEN onto a word already on the board.
Words with TEN inside
Showing 24 of 1764 words that contain TEN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TEN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TEN
Common questions about TEN
- Is TEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TEN, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TEN worth?
- TEN is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TEN mean?
- The number that comes after nine.
- What letters can be added to TEN?
- TEN takes 6 hooks: 2 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of TEN:
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