ENTELECHY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ENTELECHY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ENTELECHY?
| 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 ENTELECHY is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENTELECHY
No single letter turns ENTELECHY into another word.
How ENTELECHY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ENTELECHY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 3 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ENTELECHY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ENTELECHY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
In Aristotle's philosophy, the full realisation of a potential, or the inner principle that guides a living thing toward it.
To Aristotle, an acorn growing into an oak shows entelechy at work, since the potential becomes actual. Later thinkers used entelechy for a supposed life force that directs an organism.
How ENTELECHY is used
Entelechy belongs to philosophy and the history of biology.
- The philosopher called the soul the entelechy of the living body.
- For Aristotle, the entelechy of a seed is the grown plant.
- Some early biologists invoked entelechy to explain how an embryo takes shape.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENTELECHY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ENTELECHY
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Common questions about ENTELECHY
- Is ENTELECHY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENTELECHY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENTELECHY worth?
- ENTELECHY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENTELECHY mean?
- In Aristotle's philosophy, the full realisation of a potential, or the inner principle that guides a living thing toward it.
- What letters can be added to ENTELECHY?
- No single letter can be added to ENTELECHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ENTELECHY:
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