EVENTIDE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. EVENTIDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EVENTIDE?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EVENTIDE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EVENTIDE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
eventidesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EVENTIDE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in EVENTIDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 3 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EVENTIDE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EVENTIDE
- EVENTIDE begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EVENTIDE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literarypoetic
The latter part of the day, as the light fades toward night.
Eventide feels gentler and more old-fashioned than the plain word evening, and writers use it to set a quiet, reflective mood. It also appears in names of homes for the elderly, hinting at the last stage of life.
How EVENTIDE is used
Chiefly found in poetry, hymns and deliberately old-style prose.
- At eventide the farmers walked home along the darkening lane.
- The hymn asks for shelter as the eventide falls.
- She loved the stillness of eventide, when the birds went quiet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EVENTIDE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EVENTIDE
1 longer words begin with EVENTIDE.
Shorter words from the letters in EVENTIDE
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Common questions about EVENTIDE
- Is EVENTIDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EVENTIDE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EVENTIDE worth?
- EVENTIDE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EVENTIDE mean?
- The latter part of the day, as the light fades toward night.
- What letters can be added to EVENTIDE?
- EVENTIDE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of EVENTIDE:
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