Is THEN valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts THEN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is THEN worth?

THEN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to THEN?

THEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

THEN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points

Yes. THEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.

t1h4e1n1

PlayableTHEN · 4 letters · 7 pts Scrabble · 7 pts WWF

7points in Scrabble

7points in Words with Friends

4letters

1hook available

1 in 4,538odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept THEN?

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: 35 / 100

35WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

1.75

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

6.5%

Our own measure of how useful THEN is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for THEN

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

thens8

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How THEN scores

Scrabble t1h4e1n1 7

Words with Friends t1h3e1n2 7

Face value of the 4 tiles in THEN, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
t	1	6
h	1	2
e	1	12
n	1	6

Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.

What does THEN mean in Scrabble?

adverb

At that time, or next in a sequence of events.

Then can point backward to a moment already named, as in things were different then, or forward through a list of steps, as in mix the eggs, then add the flour. The same short word carries both jobs without any change in form.

How THEN is used

Adverb with no plural or other forms; often opens a clause after and or but.

We lived in the city then.
Chop the onions, then start the sauce.
He was younger then than he is now.
First finish the report, then take a break.
Life was simpler then, or so people say.

Written for this site: 1 meaning of THEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.

Anagrams of THEN

hent7

The 4 tiles of THEN in a different order — 1 found.

Words starting with THEN

thens8 thenal9 thenar9 thence11 thenage11 thenars10 thenages12 thenabout14 thenabouts15 thenardite14 thenardites15 thenceforth22 thenceforward25 thenceforwards26

14 longer words begin with THEN.

Words ending in THEN

eothen9 lathen9 sithen9 burthen12 earthen10 heathen13 writhen13 wrythen16 youthen13 lengthen12 smoothen13 wreathen14 unburthen14 disburthen16 strengthen14 overburthen19 overlengthen19 restrengthen16

18 words end in THEN. Useful as a back hook: play THEN onto a word already on the board.

Words with THEN inside

Showing 24 of 184 words that contain THEN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with THEN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.

Shorter words from the letters in THEN

eth6 hen6 het6 nth6 the6 net3 ten3 eh5 he5 en2 et2 ne2 te2

Common questions about THEN

Is THEN valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts THEN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is THEN worth?: THEN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
What does THEN mean?: At that time, or next in a sequence of events.
What letters can be added to THEN?: THEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 4 letters of THEN:

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