ALTHEA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ALTHEA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALTHEA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALTHEA is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALTHEA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
altheasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALTHEA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ALTHEA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What stands out about ALTHEA
- ALTHEA 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 ALTHEA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tall flowering shrub of the mallow family, grown for its showy hibiscus-like blooms in late summer.
In gardens the word althea usually means the rose of Sharon, a shrub that opens large trumpet flowers when most other shrubs have finished. Botanists also used it for the hollyhocks and the marsh mallow, which share the same genus in older classification. The root marsh mallow was once boiled to soothe sore throats, and the plant gave its name to a sweet. The spelling althaea is the fuller form, and althea is also familiar as a girl's name.
How ALTHEA is used
Gardening and botany vocabulary; the shrub is often called a shrub althea.
- The althea beside the fence was covered in purple flowers.
- We planted an althea because it blooms in August heat.
- A pink althea grew where the old hedge had been.
- Each althea seedling needed a stake the first year.
- The nursery sold althea in three colours.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALTHEA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALTHEA
1 longer words begin with ALTHEA.
Shorter words from the letters in ALTHEA
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Common questions about ALTHEA
- Is ALTHEA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALTHEA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALTHEA worth?
- ALTHEA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALTHEA mean?
- A tall flowering shrub of the mallow family, grown for its showy hibiscus-like blooms in late summer.
- What letters can be added to ALTHEA?
- ALTHEA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ALTHEA:
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