ALTHAEA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ALTHAEA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALTHAEA?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALTHAEA is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALTHAEA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
althaeasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALTHAEA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ALTHAEA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 330,844.
What stands out about ALTHAEA
- ALTHAEA runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
- ALTHAEA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ALTHAEA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A genus of plants of the mallow family, including the garden hollyhock.
Botanists place the marshmallow and hollyhock under althaea, a group of tall flowering plants with soft downy leaves. In Greek myth the same name belongs to the mother of Meleager.
How ALTHAEA is used
The word althaea is the botanical genus name, with the shorter althea listed as a separate entry.
- The gardener planted althaea along the sunny fence.
- Tall spikes of althaea rose above the border in July.
- The botanist labelled the specimen as althaea.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALTHAEA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALTHAEA
1 longer words begin with ALTHAEA.
Shorter words from the letters in ALTHAEA
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Common questions about ALTHAEA
- Is ALTHAEA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALTHAEA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALTHAEA worth?
- ALTHAEA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALTHAEA mean?
- A genus of plants of the mallow family, including the garden hollyhock.
- What letters can be added to ALTHAEA?
- ALTHAEA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ALTHAEA:
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