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Is HYPHEN a Scrabble word?

✔ In our word list HYPHEN is in ENABLE, the open word list behind Words With Friends and most word apps. For official tournament Scrabble, check Merriam-Webster's Scrabble dictionary.

Scrabble pointsWords With Friends pointsLetters
17166

What does HYPHEN mean?

  1. nouna punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
  2. verbdivide or connect with a hyphen

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Hooks for HYPHEN

Add a letter to make a new word: HYPHENS.

Words inside HYPHEN

See all 18 words you can make from HYPHEN

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Our word list is ENABLE, first published in 2000 and still used by most word games.

Meanings come from Princeton WordNet (2011). How common a word is comes from wordfreq.

Look up HYPHEN in Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary, Collins or Dictionary.com. Check it for Scrabble at Merriam-Webster Scrabble.

FAQ

Is HYPHEN a Scrabble word?

HYPHEN is in ENABLE, the word list Words With Friends closely matches, and most ENABLE words are playable in North American Scrabble. Confirm tournament validity in the official Scrabble dictionary.

How many points is HYPHEN worth?

HYPHEN is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words With Friends, before bonus squares.

What does HYPHEN mean?

A punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text.