/ˈhiː/
pronoundeterminernouninterjection

Is HE a Scrabble word?

Yes. HE is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Meaning A person who identifies as male, or animal already known or implied.

Pronoun 4 meanings

  1. A person who identifies as male, or animal already known or implied.

    “That friend of your cousin's, he's on the phone.”

  2. They; he or she (a person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant).

    “The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna?”

  3. It; an animal whose gender is unknown.

  4. A genderless object regarded as masculine, such as certain stars or planets (e.g. Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter) or certain ships.

Determiner 1 meaning

  1. Synonym of his.

Noun 4 meanings

  1. The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".

  2. The player who chases and attempts to catch the others in this game.

  3. A male.

    “Is your cat a he or a she?”

  4. The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

Interjection 1 meaning

  1. An expression of laughter.

    “(more common)”

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: he via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English he, from Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this”).

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HE at a glance

HE has 2 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (H 4 + E 1) and 4 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #22 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

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