AETHER is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. AETHER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AETHER?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AETHER is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AETHER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
aethersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AETHER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AETHER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,873.
What stands out about AETHER
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AETHER mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
The clear upper air of the heavens, or the invisible medium that scientists once imagined filling all of space.
In Greek myth Aether was the bright upper sky breathed by the gods, as opposed to the thicker air of the earth below. Nineteenth-century physicists borrowed the word for a hypothetical substance that was supposed to carry light waves, an idea abandoned after experiments failed to detect it. The spelling is also an old variant of ether, and poets still prefer it for the sky.
How AETHER is used
Literary or historical; met in poetry, mythology and the history of physics.
- The poem describes the stars as sparks scattered through the aether.
- Early physicists believed light needed the aether to travel through empty space.
- In the myth, Aether was the radiant air that only the gods could breathe.
- The old textbook devoted a chapter to the search for the aether.
- Her prose is full of aether, wings and other lofty images.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AETHER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AETHER
The 6 tiles of AETHER in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with AETHER
6 longer words begin with AETHER.
Shorter words from the letters in AETHER
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Common questions about AETHER
- Is AETHER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AETHER, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AETHER worth?
- AETHER is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AETHER mean?
- The clear upper air of the heavens, or the invisible medium that scientists once imagined filling all of space.
- What letters can be added to AETHER?
- AETHER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AETHER:
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