Is WHENCE valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHENCE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is WHENCE worth?

WHENCE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to WHENCE?

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

WHENCE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points

Yes. WHENCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.

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PlayableWHENCE · 6 letters · 14 pts Scrabble · 15 pts WWF

14points in Scrabble

15points in Words with Friends

6letters

1hook available

1 in 376,279odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept WHENCE?

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: 39 / 100

39WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

2.33

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

Our own measure of how useful WHENCE is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for WHENCE

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

whences15

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

How WHENCE scores

Scrabble w4h4e1n1c3e1 14

Words with Friends w4h3e1n2c4e1 15

Face value of the 6 tiles in WHENCE, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

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

Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 376,279.

Words starting with WHENCE

whences15 whencever20 whenceforth25 whencesoever23

4 longer words begin with WHENCE.

Shorter words from the letters in WHENCE

wench13 wheen11 hence10 chew12 hewn10 whee10 when10 eche9 eech9 enew7 ween7 hew9 che8 ech8 eew6 ewe6 hen6 new6 wee6 wen6 cee5 een3 ene3 nee3 ch7 eh5 ew5 he5 we5 ee2 en2 ne2

Common questions about WHENCE

Is WHENCE valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHENCE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is WHENCE worth?: WHENCE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to WHENCE?: WHENCE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WHENCE:

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