ETYMON is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ETYMON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ETYMON?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ETYMON is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ETYMON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
etymonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ETYMON scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ETYMON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What does ETYMON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The earliest known form of a word, or the root from which a later word has grown.
Dictionaries trace a word back to its etymon, the ancestor that gave rise to all later forms. For the English word father the etymon would be traced through Old English back to an ancient Germanic root. The plural can be etyma or etymons. The word itself is Greek in origin and means the true sense of a word, and it is also the source of etymology.
How ETYMON is used
Technical term used by linguists and dictionary writers.
- The etymon of the word is a Latin verb meaning to lead.
- Scholars disagree about the true etymon of this old term.
- Each entry gives the etymon before it lists later forms.
- Tracing the etymon takes you back to a Proto-Indo-European root.
- A single etymon can produce a dozen related words in different languages.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ETYMON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ETYMON
The 6 tiles of ETYMON in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ETYMON
1 longer words begin with ETYMON.
Shorter words from the letters in ETYMON
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Common questions about ETYMON
- Is ETYMON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ETYMON, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ETYMON worth?
- ETYMON is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ETYMON mean?
- The earliest known form of a word, or the root from which a later word has grown.
- What letters can be added to ETYMON?
- ETYMON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ETYMON:
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