EPARCHY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. EPARCHY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EPARCHY?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EPARCHY is to know. It scores 17 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EPARCHY
No single letter turns EPARCHY into another word.
How EPARCHY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in EPARCHY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,544 thousand.
What does EPARCHY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A diocese or province of the Eastern Orthodox Church, or a territorial district in modern Greece.
The word eparchy comes up in church history and in discussions of Greek local government. Its two uses sit in quite different worlds, one religious and one administrative, so context decides which is meant.
How EPARCHY is used
The word eparchy is used mainly in writing about Orthodox church structure and Greek administrative divisions.
- The bishop of the eparchy visited each parish during Lent.
- In the nineteenth century every eparchy had its own governor.
- A new eparchy was created to serve the growing congregations abroad.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EPARCHY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EPARCHY
The 7 tiles of EPARCHY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in EPARCHY
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Common questions about EPARCHY
- Is EPARCHY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EPARCHY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EPARCHY worth?
- EPARCHY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EPARCHY mean?
- A diocese or province of the Eastern Orthodox Church, or a territorial district in modern Greece.
- What letters can be added to EPARCHY?
- No single letter can be added to EPARCHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of EPARCHY:
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