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/wɛn/
noun

Is WEN a Scrabble word?

Yes. WEN is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Meaning A cyst on the skin; a tumor or wart.

Noun 1 meaning

  1. A cyst on the skin; a tumor or wart.

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

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English wen, wenne, from Old English wenn, wænn (“wen”), from Proto-Germanic *wanjaz. Cognate with Dutch wen (“goiter”), Low German Ween (“wen”), dialectal German Wenne (“wen”), Danish van, væne.

WEN at a glance

WEN has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (W 4 + E 1 + N 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #15,034 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -WEN

More endings

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

  • ROWEN8
  • GARRYOWEN16
  • DAWEN9
  • SEWEN8
  • ALLHALLOWEN17
  • STRAWEN10
  • YEWEN11

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