EPENTHETIC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. EPENTHETIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EPENTHETIC?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EPENTHETIC is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EPENTHETIC
No single letter turns EPENTHETIC into another word.
How EPENTHETIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in EPENTHETIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 3 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EPENTHETIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does EPENTHETIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing a sound or letter that is inserted into the middle of a word.
An epenthetic vowel is the extra sound some speakers add when they say athlete as ath-uh-lete. Linguists study epenthetic sounds to understand how speakers ease difficult clusters of consonants.
How EPENTHETIC is used
A linguistics term, used with sound, vowel or consonant.
- The extra vowel in the pronunciation is epenthetic.
- An epenthetic consonant appears in some dialects of the word.
- The epenthetic sound helps make the cluster easier to say.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EPENTHETIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EPENTHETIC
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Common questions about EPENTHETIC
- Is EPENTHETIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EPENTHETIC, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EPENTHETIC worth?
- EPENTHETIC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EPENTHETIC mean?
- Describing a sound or letter that is inserted into the middle of a word.
- What letters can be added to EPENTHETIC?
- No single letter can be added to EPENTHETIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of EPENTHETIC:
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