HAGIOSCOPE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. HAGIOSCOPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAGIOSCOPE?
| 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 HAGIOSCOPE is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAGIOSCOPE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hagioscopesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HAGIOSCOPE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in HAGIOSCOPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HAGIOSCOPE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HAGIOSCOPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A slanted opening cut through a church wall so that people in a side aisle can see the altar.
Also known as a squint, the hagioscope let worshippers in a transept or chapel follow the service when a pillar or wall blocked their view. Many medieval churches still have one, and guidebooks point it out.
How HAGIOSCOPE is used
An architectural term, used in writing about medieval churches.
- Through the hagioscope we could just see the high altar.
- A narrow hagioscope pierced the thick stone wall.
- The guide pointed out a hagioscope beside the chancel arch.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAGIOSCOPE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HAGIOSCOPE
1 longer words begin with HAGIOSCOPE.
Shorter words from the letters in HAGIOSCOPE
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Common questions about HAGIOSCOPE
- Is HAGIOSCOPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAGIOSCOPE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAGIOSCOPE worth?
- HAGIOSCOPE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAGIOSCOPE mean?
- A slanted opening cut through a church wall so that people in a side aisle can see the altar.
- What letters can be added to HAGIOSCOPE?
- HAGIOSCOPE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of HAGIOSCOPE:
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