ETHNOS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ETHNOS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ETHNOS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ETHNOS is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ETHNOS
No single letter turns ETHNOS into another word.
How ETHNOS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ETHNOS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,115.
What does ETHNOS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A group of people united by a shared culture, language or ancestry.
Ethnos is taken straight from the Greek word for a people or nation. Anthropologists and historians use it when they want a neutral term for a cultural community without the political weight of nation. In ancient Greece it also named a kind of loose state made up of tribes living in a region, as opposed to a city-state.
How ETHNOS is used
Scholarly; used in anthropology, history and political theory.
- The scholar described each ethnos by its customs and tongue.
- An ethnos need not have a state of its own.
- The ethnos of the mountain valleys kept its songs for centuries.
- Ancient writers listed every ethnos along the northern coast.
- The article asks what binds an ethnos together over time.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ETHNOS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ETHNOS
The 6 tiles of ETHNOS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ETHNOS
3 longer words begin with ETHNOS.
Shorter words from the letters in ETHNOS
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Common questions about ETHNOS
- Is ETHNOS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ETHNOS, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ETHNOS worth?
- ETHNOS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ETHNOS mean?
- A group of people united by a shared culture, language or ancestry.
- What letters can be added to ETHNOS?
- No single letter can be added to ETHNOS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ETHNOS:
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