EUOI is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. EUOI is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept EUOI?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EUOI is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 8.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EUOI
No single letter turns EUOI into another word.
How EUOI scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in EUOI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,135.
What stands out about EUOI
- EUOI runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
- Every letter in EUOI is a vowel, which makes it a way out of a rack with nothing but vowels on it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EUOI mean in Scrabble?
interjection
poeticliterary
A cry expressing wild, ecstatic frenzy, especially as shouted by the followers of Bacchus.
Euoi is the cry traditionally shouted by worshippers of Bacchus, the god of wine, during their frenzied celebrations, and poets use it to capture that wild excitement. The word appears in verse describing Bacchic ritual and is also spelled evoe or evohe.
How EUOI is used
Confined to poetry and classical scholarship describing Bacchic rites; not used in ordinary speech.
- The poem ends with the dancers shouting euoi into the night.
- Euoi rang out as the revellers circled the fire.
- The chorus repeats euoi to mimic the frenzy of the rite.
- Ancient writers recorded euoi as the cry of Bacchic worship.
- The translator kept the original euoi rather than replacing it with an English word.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EUOI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EUOI
Common questions about EUOI
- Is EUOI valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and EUOI is not in it.
- How many points is EUOI worth?
- EUOI is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EUOI mean?
- A cry expressing wild, ecstatic frenzy, especially as shouted by the followers of Bacchus.
- What letters can be added to EUOI?
- No single letter can be added to EUOI to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of EUOI:
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