Hooking with -GEN words
Endings like -GEN let you tack a word onto a tile already on the board, often turning a small play into a big one. Look for the high-value entries above to maximise points.
A quick statistical tour
The shape of this list: 68 entries between 6 and 14 letters long, peaking at 7 letters with 19 words. Five-letter picks number 0 and seven-letter picks 19. Nothing here outscores OXYHYDROGEN — 29 points from 11 tiles on plain squares.
The five biggest scorers on the page: OXYHYDROGEN (29), PHYTOPATHOGEN (27), ENCEPHALITOGEN (22), ZYMOGEN (22), PRECIPITINOGEN (21). The longest entry is ANTICARCINOGEN at 14 letters, and the average word here is worth about 14 points. Letter-wise, G is the workhorse — it appears in 68 of these words, ahead of E (68) and N (68).
Three easy picks from this list
- BIOGEN earns 9 points from just 6 tiles — and it is a word few opponents will bother to challenge.
- MORGEN is easy to keep in memory: 6 letters, 9 points, and no awkward tiles to hunt for.
- Playing PANGEN across a double-word square turns its base 9 points into 18 — solid value for 6 tiles.
Five more everyday options from the same list: EXOGEN (14), OXYGEN (17), ANTIESTROGEN (13), ALLOANTIGEN (12), ISOANTIGEN (11).
-GEN as a board weapon
Endings are Scrabble's cheapest points. A word finishing in -GEN can often be built backwards from a tile already on the board, so you pay for fewer letters than you score. Scan the high scorers above, then look for a spot where the final -GEN lands on a premium square — the multiplier applies to your whole word, not just the hook.
More endings
Narrow it down
Pair an ending with a length or starting letter in the Word Finder.