EPISTOLARY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. EPISTOLARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EPISTOLARY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EPISTOLARY is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EPISTOLARY
No single letter turns EPISTOLARY into another word.
How EPISTOLARY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in EPISTOLARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EPISTOLARY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EPISTOLARY
- All 10 letters of EPISTOLARY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EPISTOLARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formalliterary
Relating to letters, or written in the form of a series of letters.
An epistolary novel tells its story through letters sent between characters, so the reader pieces events together from their correspondence. The word can also describe a friendship carried on by post alone.
How EPISTOLARY is used
Epistolary most often modifies novel, form or style, and sounds literary.
- Dracula is partly an epistolary novel told through letters and diaries.
- They kept up an epistolary friendship for forty years.
- The writer favoured an epistolary style full of polite greetings.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EPISTOLARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EPISTOLARY
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Common questions about EPISTOLARY
- Is EPISTOLARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EPISTOLARY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EPISTOLARY worth?
- EPISTOLARY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EPISTOLARY mean?
- Relating to letters, or written in the form of a series of letters.
- What letters can be added to EPISTOLARY?
- No single letter can be added to EPISTOLARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of EPISTOLARY:
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