BLASPHEME is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. BLASPHEME 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 BLASPHEME?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BLASPHEME is to know. It scores 18 from 9 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BLASPHEME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BLASPHEME scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in BLASPHEME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BLASPHEME has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BLASPHEME mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To speak with contempt or irreverence about God or things held sacred.
To blaspheme is to break a religious taboo with words, and in some places and times it was a serious crime. The verb can also describe disrespect toward anything a community holds in high honour.
How BLASPHEME is used
Used in religious and legal contexts, and for shocking disrespect toward sacred things.
- The preacher warned the crowd not to blaspheme.
- In earlier centuries, people could be punished if they would blaspheme in public.
- She would never blaspheme in front of her devout grandmother.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BLASPHEME and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BLASPHEME
4 longer words begin with BLASPHEME.
Shorter words from the letters in BLASPHEME
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Common questions about BLASPHEME
- Is BLASPHEME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BLASPHEME, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BLASPHEME worth?
- BLASPHEME is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BLASPHEME mean?
- To speak with contempt or irreverence about God or things held sacred.
- What letters can be added to BLASPHEME?
- BLASPHEME takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of BLASPHEME:
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