AMPHICTYONY is a valid Scrabble word — 26 points
Yes. AMPHICTYONY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 26 points in Scrabble and 27 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMPHICTYONY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMPHICTYONY is to know. It scores 26 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMPHICTYONY
No single letter turns AMPHICTYONY into another word.
How AMPHICTYONY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in AMPHICTYONY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AMPHICTYONY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AMPHICTYONY mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A league of neighbouring ancient Greek states joined to protect a shrine and worship its god.
The best-known amphictyony met at Delphi and looked after the temple of Apollo. Historians sometimes use the word more loosely for any alliance of tribes held together by a common sacred centre.
How AMPHICTYONY is used
Amphictyony is a historian's term, used in books on ancient Greece and early Israel.
- The amphictyony governed the temple and its treasury.
- Delegates from twelve peoples sat in the amphictyony.
- Scholars still argue about how strong the amphictyony really was.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMPHICTYONY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AMPHICTYONY
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Common questions about AMPHICTYONY
- Is AMPHICTYONY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMPHICTYONY, where it scores 27 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMPHICTYONY worth?
- AMPHICTYONY is worth 26 points in Scrabble and 27 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMPHICTYONY mean?
- A league of neighbouring ancient Greek states joined to protect a shrine and worship its god.
- What letters can be added to AMPHICTYONY?
- No single letter can be added to AMPHICTYONY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of AMPHICTYONY:
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