THEM is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. THEM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THEM?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THEM is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THEM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How THEM scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in THEM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does THEM mean in Scrabble?
pronoun
The people or things previously mentioned.
Them was borrowed from Old Norse, along with the rest of the third-person plural pronouns, replacing the native English forms entirely. Pronouns are almost never borrowed, which makes this remarkable.
How THEM is used
Object form. The subject form is they.
- Ask them before anything is decided.
- The word them was borrowed from Old Norse.
- English replaced its native pronouns with them and its relatives.
- Languages almost never borrow a pronoun as English borrowed them.
- Between them they finished it in a day.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THEM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of THEM
The 4 tiles of THEM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with THEM
24 longer words begin with THEM.
Words ending in THEM
7 words end in THEM. Useful as a back hook: play THEM onto a word already on the board.
Words with THEM inside
Showing 24 of 119 words that contain THEM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with THEM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in THEM
Common questions about THEM
- Is THEM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THEM, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THEM worth?
- THEM is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THEM mean?
- The people or things previously mentioned.
- What letters can be added to THEM?
- THEM takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of THEM:
Open THEM in the Word Finder