ETA is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. ETA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 3 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ETA?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ETA is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 11 hooks, and its letters make up 9.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ETA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ETA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ETA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 250.
What stands out about ETA
- The same 3 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ETA mean in Scrabble?
noun
The seventh letter of the Greek alphabet.
Eta was a long e in classical Greek and became a short i in the modern language, which is why Greek spelling looks arbitrary to anybody learning it. English met the letter through mathematics rather than through Greek itself.
How ETA is used
Countable: an eta, two etas.
- The symbol eta stands for efficiency in engineering.
- An eta was a long e and is now a short i.
- The word eta names the seventh Greek letter.
- Two etas in one formula and two different meanings.
- English met eta through mathematics.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ETA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ETA
The 3 tiles of ETA in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with ETA
Showing 24 of 29 words that begin with ETA.
Words ending in ETA
Showing 24 of 41 words that end in ETA. Useful as a back hook: play ETA onto a word already on the board.
Words with ETA inside
Showing 24 of 1175 words that contain ETA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ETA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ETA
Common questions about ETA
- Is ETA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ETA, where it scores 3 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ETA worth?
- ETA is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ETA mean?
- The seventh letter of the Greek alphabet.
- What letters can be added to ETA?
- ETA takes 11 hooks: 9 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ETA:
Open ETA in the Word Finder