Definitions for Hen

Hen hen

Spelling: [hen]
IPA: /hɛn/

Hen is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 11 anagrams from letters in Hen (ehn).

Definitions for Hen

noun

  1. the female of the domestic fowl.
  2. the female of any bird, especially of a gallinaceous bird.
  3. Informal. an unpleasant, usually older woman, especially one considered to be a busybody or gossip.

Origin of Hen

before 1000; Middle English; Old English hen(n) (compare Old English hana cock); cognate with German Henne; akin to Latin canere to sing

Examples for Hen

Once when Daisy had some little kittens she put them in a hen's nest.

She installed it in the hen house so that the chickens would eat more, be healthy, lay more eggs, and be more profitable.

An elderly lady whom you do not happen to like; sometimes called, also, a hen, or cat.

He eventually brings his wife and children over, and later he manages a hen and rabbit farm.

This darling chocolate-making kitchen is perfect for hen parties or corporate escapes.

And once or twice he has got as mad as a hen at her for smilin'.

He even claims that hen partridges conceive just by smelling the scent of males.

Astrid was one of a handful of guests at the Duchess of Cambridge's hen night party last year.

It lays in the bringin' up, as the duck said when the hen tried to swim.'

She followed cautiously, and under a butte far from the hen she found Jake's camp.

Word Value for Hen
Scrable

6

Words with friends

6

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