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/hɛn/
nounverb

Is HEN a Scrabble word?

Yes. HEN is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends.

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Meaning A female fish (especially a salmon or trout) or crustacean.

Noun 2 meanings

  1. A female fish (especially a salmon or trout) or crustacean.

  2. A woman.

Verb 1 meaning

  1. Synonym of mother-hen.

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

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English hen, from Old English henn (“hen”), from Proto-West Germanic *hannju, from Proto-Germanic *hanjō (“hen”), from Proto-Indo-European *kan-, *kana- (“to sing”).

Similar and opposite words

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HEN at a glance

HEN has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (H 4 + E 1 + N 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #13,501 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -HEN

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Same last three letters as HEN. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • WHEN10
  • THEN7
  • KITCHEN16
  • STRENGTHEN14
  • SHEN7
  • HEATHEN13
  • FRESHEN13
  • EARTHEN10
  • LENGTHEN12
  • LICHEN11
  • ACETAMINOPHEN22
  • TOUGHEN11

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