DAEMON is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DAEMON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DAEMON?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DAEMON is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DAEMON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
daemonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DAEMON scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DAEMON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 28,744.
What stands out about DAEMON
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DAEMON mean in Scrabble?
noun
A spirit between gods and humans in ancient Greek belief, or a program that runs quietly in the background of a computer.
In Greek thought a daemon was a guiding or attendant spirit, not necessarily evil, and Socrates spoke of his own inner daemon that warned him against mistakes. The later word demon took on the sense of an evil being, but the older spelling kept the neutral meaning. In computing, a daemon is a process that waits to handle requests such as printing or mail, and the name was borrowed on purpose from the helpful spirit idea.
How DAEMON is used
Used in classical studies for the spirit and in computing for the background process.
- Socrates said a daemon warned him when he was about to err.
- The mail daemon delivers messages without any user action.
- On the server, a daemon listens for incoming connections.
- The poet spoke of a daemon that drove him to write.
- You can restart the daemon without rebooting the whole machine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DAEMON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DAEMON
The 6 tiles of DAEMON in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with DAEMON
3 longer words begin with DAEMON.
Shorter words from the letters in DAEMON
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Common questions about DAEMON
- Is DAEMON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DAEMON, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DAEMON worth?
- DAEMON is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DAEMON mean?
- A spirit between gods and humans in ancient Greek belief, or a program that runs quietly in the background of a computer.
- What letters can be added to DAEMON?
- DAEMON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DAEMON:
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