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Is hent a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hent is a Scrabble US word. The word hent is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

H4E1N1T1

Is hent a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hent is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

H4E1N1T1

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Yes. The word hent is a Words With Friends word. The word hent is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (2 found)

HENT,THEN,

3-letter words (7 found)

ETH,HEN,HET,NET,NTH,TEN,THE,

2-letter words (6 found)

EH,EN,ET,HE,NE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 16 words from hent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of hent

hent ehnt hnet nhet enht neht hetn ehtn hten then ethn tehn hnte nhte htne thne nthe tnhe enth neth etnh tenh nteh tneh

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word hent. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in hent.

Definitions and meaning of hent

hent

Alternative forms

  • hente (13th–16th centuries)

Etymology

From Middle English henten (also hynten, hinten > English hint), from Old English hentan (“to pursue, chase after, seize, arrest, grasp”), from Proto-West Germanic *hantijan, from Proto-Germanic *hantijaną (“to seize”), related to Icelandic henta (“to suit, beseem”), Old English huntian (“to hunt”), Old High German hunda (“spoils, booty”).

Verb

hent (third-person singular simple present hents, present participle henting, simple past and past participle hent)

  1. (obsolete) To take hold of, to grasp.
  2. (obsolete) To take away, carry off, apprehend.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To clear; to go beyond.

Anagrams

  • Neth, Neth., Then, ethn-, then

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *hɨnt, from Proto-Celtic *sentus, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛ̃nd/

Noun

hent m (plural hentoù)

  1. way, road, path.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

hent

  1. imperative of hente

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛnt/
  • Homophone: hendt

Verb

hent

  1. imperative of henta

Old Norse

Adjective

hent

  1. strong feminine nominative singular of hentr
  2. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of hentr
  3. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of hentr

Yola

Verb

hent

  1. Alternative form of hend

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 46

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