Is HER a Scrabble word?
Yes. HER is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends.
Meaning Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).
Determiner 2 meanings
Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).
“This is her book”
Belonging to a person of unspecified gender (to counterbalance the traditional "his" in this sense).
Pronoun 1 meaning
The form of she used after a preposition, as the object of a verb, or (colloquial) as a subject with a conjunction; that woman, that ship, etc, or (dialect) as a subject without a conjunction.
“Give it to her (after preposition)”
Noun 1 meaning
A female person or animal.
“I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her.”
Etymology
From Middle English here, hir, hire, from Old English hire (“her”), from Proto-Germanic *hezōi (dative singular of *hijō). Cognate with North Frisian hör, Saterland Frisian hier, hiere (“her”), West Frisian har (“her”), Dutch haar (“her”), German Low German hör (“her”), German ihr (“her”).
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HER at a glance
HER has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (H 4 + E 1 + R 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #57 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
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