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What does happen mean? Is happen a Scrabble word?

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Is happen a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word happen is a Scrabble US word. The word happen is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

H4A1P3P3E1N1

Is happen a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word happen is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

H4A1P3P3E1N1

Is happen a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word happen is a Words With Friends word. The word happen is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3A1P4P4E1N2

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6-letter words (1 found)

HAPPEN,

5-letter words (1 found)

NAPPE,

4-letter words (8 found)

EPHA,HAEN,HEAP,NAPE,NEAP,PANE,PAPE,PEAN,

3-letter words (20 found)

ANE,APE,APP,EAN,HAE,HAN,HAP,HEN,HEP,NAE,NAH,NAP,NEP,PAH,PAN,PAP,PEA,PEH,PEN,PEP,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AH,AN,EA,EH,EN,HA,HE,NA,NE,PA,PE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 43 words from happen according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of happen

happen

Etymology

From Middle English happenen, hapnen, augmented from Middle English happen (“to come to pass, happen”), perhaps from Old English hæppan (“to move accidentally, slip”) and/or from Old Norse *happa, *heppa, from Proto-Germanic *hampijaną (“to fit in, be fitting”). Equivalent to hap (“a chance, occurrence, byfall”) +‎ -en (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhæpən/
  • Rhymes: -æpən

Verb

happen (third-person singular simple present happens, present participle happening, simple past and past participle happened)

  1. (intransitive) To occur or take place.
    Synonyms: come to pass; see also Thesaurus:happen
  2. (transitive, archaic) To happen to; to befall.
  3. (intransitive or impersonal, with infinitive) To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly.
  4. (followed by on or upon) To encounter by chance.
  5. (informal) To become popular or trendy.

Usage notes

  • In the sense which indicates a chance occurrence, happen is a catenative verb that takes the to-infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Derived terms

Related terms

  • happening
  • happenstance

Translations

Adverb

happen (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete or dialect) maybe, perhaps.

Dutch

Etymology

hap (“bite”) +‎ -en

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɑpə(n)/
  • Rhymes: -ɑpən

Verb

happen

  1. to take a bite

Inflection

Descendants

  • → Papiamentu: hap

Noun

happen

  1. plural of hap

Source: wiktionary.org