Hyphen is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.
You can make 41 anagrams from letters in hyphen (ehhnpy).
1595-1605; Late Latin Greek hyphén (adv.) together, derivative of hyph' hén (prepositional phrase), equivalent to hyp(ó) under (see hypo-) + hén, neuter of heîs one
A hyphen is part of the common spelling: daylight-saving time.
He belonged to the branch of the family that owns the hyphen and most of the money.
There is no rule to distinguish the compound words that take a hyphen from those that do not.
When used as adverbs they may be printed in italics without the hyphen.
The word 'nightcap' is spelled with and without a hyphen in the text.
The hyphen is used also when the words are inverted; as "four-and-thirty," "six-and-fortieth."
In these words the pronunciation is more clearly marked by inserting the hyphen.
The purser said that the dragon's name was Mrs. Scrivener-Yapling, with a hyphen.
The hyphen is used between the component parts of some compound words.
But if the word "part" or the word "share" follows, the hyphen is not used; as "two third parts."
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