EUHEMERIST is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. EUHEMERIST 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 EUHEMERIST?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EUHEMERIST is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EUHEMERIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
euhemeristsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EUHEMERIST scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in EUHEMERIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 3 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EUHEMERIST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does EUHEMERIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
formaltechnical
A person who holds that myths and gods grew out of real historical people who were later honoured as divine.
A euhemerist would say Zeus began as a powerful ancient king whose deeds were inflated by retelling. The label comes from Euhemerus, an ancient Greek writer who proposed this explanation.
How EUHEMERIST is used
Euhemerist is a learned word used in the study of mythology and religion.
- The professor was a committed euhemerist who read the myths as garbled history.
- As a euhemerist, he suspected a real chieftain lay behind the legend.
- Every euhemerist has to explain why the stories grew so fantastic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EUHEMERIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EUHEMERIST
2 longer words begin with EUHEMERIST.
Shorter words from the letters in EUHEMERIST
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Common questions about EUHEMERIST
- Is EUHEMERIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EUHEMERIST, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EUHEMERIST worth?
- EUHEMERIST is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EUHEMERIST mean?
- A person who holds that myths and gods grew out of real historical people who were later honoured as divine.
- What letters can be added to EUHEMERIST?
- EUHEMERIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of EUHEMERIST:
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