Is TEN a Scrabble word?
Yes. TEN is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends.
Meaning A set or group with ten elements.
Number 1 meaning
The number occurring after nine and before eleven, represented in Arabic numerals (base ten) as 10 and in Roman numerals as X.
Noun 4 meanings
A set or group with ten elements.
“We divided the chocolates into tens to hand out to Hallowe'en visitors.”
An inexact quantity, typically understood to be between 20 and 100.
“Our houses are tens of meters apart, so we don't have to worry about noise from our neighbours.”
A card in a given suit with a value of ten.
A denomination of currency, such as a banknote, with a value of ten units.
“Can you give me two tens for this twenty?”
Etymology
PIE word *déḱm̥ From Middle English ten, tene, from Old English tīen, from Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Cognate with Scots ten, tene (“ten”), West Frisian tsien (“ten”), Saterland Frisian tjoon (“ten”), North Frisian tiin (“ten”). See also teen.
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TEN at a glance
TEN has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (T 1 + E 1 + N 1) and 4 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #921 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -TEN
More endings- OFTEN8
- WRITTEN10
- LISTEN6
- GOTTEN7
- FORGOTTEN13
- BEATEN8
- EATEN5
- THREATEN11
- ROTTEN6
- KINDERGARTEN18
- KITTEN10
- GLUTEN7
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