EPILOG is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. EPILOG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EPILOG?
| 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 EPILOG is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EPILOG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
epilogsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EPILOG scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in EPILOG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does EPILOG mean in Scrabble?
noun
A closing section added after the main part of a book, play or film, often telling what happened afterward.
Epilog is the shorter, chiefly American spelling of epilogue, a word that comes from Greek and means something spoken in addition. In a play it may be a brief address to the audience, while in a novel or film it usually jumps ahead in time to show where the characters ended up. It is the counterpart of the prologue that opens a work.
How EPILOG is used
Standard word in writing about books, theatre and film; the spelling epilog is typical of American usage.
- The epilog shows the family again twenty years later.
- A short epilog in verse closes the play.
- Some readers skip the epilog and stop at the last chapter.
- The film adds an epilog that the original book never had.
- In the epilog the narrator explains what became of the village.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EPILOG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EPILOG
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Shorter words from the letters in EPILOG
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Common questions about EPILOG
- Is EPILOG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EPILOG, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EPILOG worth?
- EPILOG is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EPILOG mean?
- A closing section added after the main part of a book, play or film, often telling what happened afterward.
- What letters can be added to EPILOG?
- EPILOG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of EPILOG:
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