EMPYREAN is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. EMPYREAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EMPYREAN?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EMPYREAN is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMPYREAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
empyreansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EMPYREAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in EMPYREAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EMPYREAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does EMPYREAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
The highest heaven, once imagined as a realm of pure fire and light; more loosely, the sky.
Ancient and medieval thinkers placed the empyrean beyond all the spheres of the stars. Poets still borrow the word for any lofty, shining heaven, and it also works as an adjective.
How EMPYREAN is used
Literary and poetic, used for the heavens in elevated writing.
- The poet imagined souls rising to the empyrean.
- Above the clouds lay a bright empyrean of stars.
- Dante's journey ends in the empyrean.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EMPYREAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EMPYREAN
1 longer words begin with EMPYREAN.
Shorter words from the letters in EMPYREAN
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Common questions about EMPYREAN
- Is EMPYREAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EMPYREAN, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EMPYREAN worth?
- EMPYREAN is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EMPYREAN mean?
- The highest heaven, once imagined as a realm of pure fire and light; more loosely, the sky.
- What letters can be added to EMPYREAN?
- EMPYREAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of EMPYREAN:
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