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Is heathen a Scrabble word?

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

H4E1A1T1H4E1N1

Is heathen a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4E1A1T1H4E1N1

Is heathen a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word heathen is a Words With Friends word. The word heathen is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3E1A1T1H3E1N2

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7-letter words (1 found)

HEATHEN,

6-letter words (1 found)

ETHANE,

5-letter words (8 found)

AHENT,EATEN,EATHE,ENATE,ETHNE,HEATH,NEATH,THANE,

4-letter words (24 found)

ANTE,EATH,ETEN,ETHE,ETNA,HAEN,HAET,HANT,HATE,HATH,HEAT,HENT,HETE,HETH,NEAT,NETE,TANE,TANH,TEEN,TENE,THAE,THAN,THEE,THEN,

3-letter words (28 found)

ANE,ANT,ATE,EAN,EAT,EEN,ENE,ETA,ETH,HAE,HAH,HAN,HAT,HEH,HEN,HET,NAE,NAH,NAT,NEE,NET,NTH,TAE,TAN,TEA,TEE,TEN,THE,

2-letter words (15 found)

AE,AH,AN,AT,EA,EE,EH,EN,ET,HA,HE,NA,NE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 78 words from heathen according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of heathen

heathen

Etymology

From Middle English hethen, from Old English hǣþen, from Proto-West Germanic *haiþin, from Proto-Germanic *haiþinaz (“heathen, pagan”, adj), equivalent to heath (“heathland”) +‎ -en. Cognate with West Frisian heiden, Dutch heiden, Middle High German heiden, German Heiden, German Heide, Swedish heden, Danish hedensk (from heden+sk), Icelandic heiðinn. See also Proto-Germanic *haiduz, Old Norse heiðr (honour, bright, moor), Icelandic heiður (honour).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhiːðən/
  • Rhymes: -iːðən

Adjective

heathen (not comparable)

  1. Not adhering to an Abrahamic religion; pagan.
  2. (by extension) Uncultured; uncivilized; savage, philistine.
  3. Alternative letter-case form of Heathen (pertaining or adhering to the Germanic neo-pagan faith Heathenry).

Translations

Noun

heathen (plural heathens or heathen)

  1. A pagan; someone who is neither Christian nor Jewish (other Abrahamic or monotheistic religions may or may not be included)
    • V. Knox
      If it is no more than a moral discourse, he may preach it and they may hear it, and yet both continue unconverted heathens.
  2. (by extension) An uncultured or uncivilized person, philistine.
  3. Alternative letter-case form of Heathen (an adherent of the Germanic neo-pagan faith of Heathenry).

Coordinate terms

  • (religionists) religionist; agnostic,‎ Asatruar,‎ atheist,‎ Baháʼí,‎ Buddhist,‎ Christian,‎ deist,‎ Druid,‎ Druze,‎ Eckist,‎ heathen,‎ Hindu,‎ Jain,‎ Jedi,‎ Jew,‎ Mormon,‎ Mormonist,‎ Muslim,‎ Odinist,‎ pagan,‎ Pastafarian,‎ Raëlian,‎ Rastafarian,‎ Rodnover,‎ Samaritan,‎ Shintoist,‎ Sikh,‎ Taoist,‎ Unitarian Universalist,‎ Wiccan,‎ Yahwist,‎ Yazidi,‎ Zoroastrian (Category: en:Religion) [edit]

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Further reading

  • heathen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org