EPHOR is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. EPHOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EPHOR?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EPHOR is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EPHOR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EPHOR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in EPHOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does EPHOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
One of a board of five chief magistrates in ancient Sparta, elected annually to oversee the kings and administer the city-state.
The five ephors were chosen each year by the citizen assembly and held remarkable power to check the authority of Sparta's two kings, even putting a king on trial if he overstepped his role. Their responsibilities ranged from conducting foreign policy and declaring war to presiding over legal disputes among citizens. Historians treat the office of ephor as an early example of an elected body counterbalancing hereditary rulers.
How EPHOR is used
Found chiefly in historical and classical writing about ancient Greek government, rarely used outside that context.
- Each year Sparta elected five new ephors to oversee the kings' conduct.
- The chief ephor could summon a king to answer for his actions.
- Ancient historians credited the ephors with real political power in Sparta.
- Scholars still debate how much authority an ephor held compared to the kings.
- The board of ephors met to decide whether to declare war.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EPHOR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EPHOR
The 5 tiles of EPHOR in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with EPHOR
7 longer words begin with EPHOR.
Words ending in EPHOR
1 words end in EPHOR. Useful as a back hook: play EPHOR onto a word already on the board.
Words with EPHOR inside
9 words contain EPHOR in the middle. Words that start with EPHOR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EPHOR
Common questions about EPHOR
- Is EPHOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EPHOR, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EPHOR worth?
- EPHOR is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EPHOR mean?
- One of a board of five chief magistrates in ancient Sparta, elected annually to oversee the kings and administer the city-state.
- What letters can be added to EPHOR?
- EPHOR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of EPHOR:
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