happen
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Is happen a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of happen?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To occur or take place.Examples: "Let me tell you how it happened."; "Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around."Synonyms: come to passintransitive
2. (transitive, archaic) To happen to; to befall.Examples: "'By my soul! I believe something bad has happened me,' he muttered, and popped up his window, and looked out, half dreaming over the church-yard on the park beyond […]"archaictransitive
3. (intransitive or impersonal, with infinitive) To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly.Examples: "Take an umbrella in case it happens to rain."; "Do you happen to have an umbrella?"; "If you should (happen to) need any help, I'll be there."impersonalintransitivewith-infinitive
4. (followed by on or upon) To encounter by chance.Examples: "Unexpectedly, in a nook close by the farmhouse, he happened upon a spot where the vintage had actually commenced."
5. (informal) To become popular or trendy.informal
adv (English)
1. (obsolete or dialect) maybe, perhaps.Examples: "Yeah, well happen if he'd gone quietly, she wouldn't have needed to show him who's in charge."dialectalnot-comparableobsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary