BACCHANTE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. BACCHANTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BACCHANTE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BACCHANTE is to know. It scores 18 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BACCHANTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bacchantesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BACCHANTE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in BACCHANTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BACCHANTE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BACCHANTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A woman who worshipped Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, often shown dancing in wild revelry.
A bacchante appears in classical myth and in countless paintings, usually with vine leaves in her hair and a cup in her hand. The word can also be applied to any woman who joins in uninhibited merrymaking.
How BACCHANTE is used
A literary and art-historical word, tied to classical mythology.
- The statue shows a bacchante with vine leaves in her hair.
- In the myth, each bacchante followed the god into the hills.
- The painter portrayed his wife as a laughing bacchante.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BACCHANTE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BACCHANTE
1 longer words begin with BACCHANTE.
Shorter words from the letters in BACCHANTE
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Common questions about BACCHANTE
- Is BACCHANTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BACCHANTE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BACCHANTE worth?
- BACCHANTE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BACCHANTE mean?
- A woman who worshipped Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, often shown dancing in wild revelry.
- What letters can be added to BACCHANTE?
- BACCHANTE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of BACCHANTE:
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