DITHYRAMBIC is a valid Scrabble word — 24 points
Yes. DITHYRAMBIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 24 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DITHYRAMBIC?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DITHYRAMBIC is to know. It scores 24 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DITHYRAMBIC
No single letter turns DITHYRAMBIC into another word.
How DITHYRAMBIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in DITHYRAMBIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DITHYRAMBIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DITHYRAMBIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Wildly enthusiastic and passionate in tone, in the manner of an ancient Greek choral hymn.
A dithyramb was a frenzied song honouring the god Dionysus, so dithyrambic praise is gushing and almost out of control. Critics use it when a review or speech seems carried away by its own excitement.
How DITHYRAMBIC is used
Used in literary criticism for ecstatic or inflated writing.
- The reviewer wrote a dithyrambic account of the concert.
- His dithyrambic speech thrilled the crowd.
- The poem rose to a dithyrambic climax.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DITHYRAMBIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DITHYRAMBIC
1 longer words begin with DITHYRAMBIC.
Shorter words from the letters in DITHYRAMBIC
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Common questions about DITHYRAMBIC
- Is DITHYRAMBIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DITHYRAMBIC, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DITHYRAMBIC worth?
- DITHYRAMBIC is worth 24 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DITHYRAMBIC mean?
- Wildly enthusiastic and passionate in tone, in the manner of an ancient Greek choral hymn.
- What letters can be added to DITHYRAMBIC?
- No single letter can be added to DITHYRAMBIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of DITHYRAMBIC:
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