EVHOE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. EVHOE 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 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept EVHOE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EVHOE is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EVHOE
No single letter turns EVHOE into another word.
How EVHOE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in EVHOE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 35,648.
What stands out about EVHOE
- EVHOE 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 EVHOE mean in Scrabble?
interjection
literaryhistorical
A ritual cry of frenzied joy, raised by the followers of Bacchus in classical writing.
Evhoe represents the shout raised by worshippers of Bacchus during their wild, ecstatic rites, and English poets borrowed it directly from Greek and Latin sources when describing Bacchic scenes. It appears only in literary or classical contexts, never in ordinary speech.
How EVHOE is used
Literary and historical; used in translations and poems describing Bacchic ritual.
- The chorus cried evhoe as the wine flowed at the festival.
- The poet has the maenads shout evhoe through the hills.
- A translator's note explains that evhoe marks Bacchic ecstasy.
- The scene ends with the crowd chanting evhoe around the altar.
- Classical scholars still gloss evhoe as a cry of ritual frenzy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EVHOE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EVHOE
The 5 tiles of EVHOE in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in EVHOE
Common questions about EVHOE
- Is EVHOE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and EVHOE is not in it.
- How many points is EVHOE worth?
- EVHOE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EVHOE mean?
- A ritual cry of frenzied joy, raised by the followers of Bacchus in classical writing.
- What letters can be added to EVHOE?
- No single letter can be added to EVHOE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of EVHOE:
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