ADYTUM is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ADYTUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ADYTUM?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADYTUM is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADYTUM
No single letter turns ADYTUM into another word.
How ADYTUM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ADYTUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does ADYTUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
The innermost sacred chamber of an ancient temple, entered only by priests.
The word comes from a Greek term meaning not to be entered, and it described the secret shrine at the heart of a temple where an oracle might speak. Writers later stretched adytum to mean any private inner room or sanctum. The plural is adyta, and the word is seen mostly in books about classical religion or in elevated prose.
How ADYTUM is used
Literary and historical; often used figuratively for a private, hidden place.
- Only the priests could pass into the adytum behind the great statue.
- The guide pointed out where the adytum once stood.
- He thought of his study as a quiet adytum, closed to visitors.
- The oracle delivered her answers from the dark adytum.
- Archaeologists found a small adytum beneath the temple floor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADYTUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ADYTUM
Common questions about ADYTUM
- Is ADYTUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ADYTUM, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ADYTUM worth?
- ADYTUM is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADYTUM mean?
- The innermost sacred chamber of an ancient temple, entered only by priests.
- What letters can be added to ADYTUM?
- No single letter can be added to ADYTUM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ADYTUM:
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