EPOPOEIA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. EPOPOEIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EPOPOEIA?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EPOPOEIA is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EPOPOEIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
epopoeiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EPOPOEIA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in EPOPOEIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EPOPOEIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EPOPOEIA
- EPOPOEIA runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EPOPOEIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
An epic poem, or epic poetry as a form.
Epopoeia refers to the grand narrative poetry of heroes, like the Iliad or the Aeneid. The word is rare and learned, found mostly in older literary criticism.
How EPOPOEIA is used
A literary term for epic poetry; the shorter epopee is a rarer variant.
- Homer is the master of Greek epopoeia.
- The critic wrote a long study of Roman epopoeia.
- Few modern poets attempt epopoeia on such a scale.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EPOPOEIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EPOPOEIA
1 longer words begin with EPOPOEIA.
Shorter words from the letters in EPOPOEIA
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Common questions about EPOPOEIA
- Is EPOPOEIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EPOPOEIA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EPOPOEIA worth?
- EPOPOEIA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EPOPOEIA mean?
- An epic poem, or epic poetry as a form.
- What letters can be added to EPOPOEIA?
- EPOPOEIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of EPOPOEIA:
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