EPIGON is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. EPIGON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EPIGON?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EPIGON is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EPIGON
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EPIGON scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in EPIGON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does EPIGON mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A follower who copies a great artist or thinker without matching their originality.
The word goes back to the Epigoni, the sons of the seven heroes who fought against Thebes in Greek legend; they were a later generation living in the shadow of their fathers. In modern English an epigon is a disciple who inherits a style but not the spark behind it. Critics tend to use it when a school of painting or poetry has become weaker after its founder passed on. The form epigone is also found.
How EPIGON is used
Literary and critical; usually carries a note of mild disparagement.
- Reviewers dismissed the novelist as an epigon of the great realists.
- Every master attracts an epigon who copies the brushwork and misses the vision.
- He was no epigon, for his music went in a direction nobody expected.
- The late works of the school were left to a weary epigon.
- To be an epigon is to carry on a tradition without renewing it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EPIGON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EPIGON
The 6 tiles of EPIGON in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with EPIGON
9 longer words begin with EPIGON.
Shorter words from the letters in EPIGON
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Common questions about EPIGON
- Is EPIGON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EPIGON, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EPIGON worth?
- EPIGON is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EPIGON mean?
- A follower who copies a great artist or thinker without matching their originality.
- What letters can be added to EPIGON?
- EPIGON takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of EPIGON:
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