HEGUMENY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. HEGUMENY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEGUMENY?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEGUMENY is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEGUMENY
No single letter turns HEGUMENY into another word.
How HEGUMENY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HEGUMENY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HEGUMENY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HEGUMENY mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The office or rank of the head of a monastery in the Eastern Church.
The word names the post rather than the person who holds it. Someone who takes up the hegumeny becomes responsible for the community of monks.
How HEGUMENY is used
Hegumeny is a rare term found in writing on Orthodox church history.
- He was elected to the hegumeny after the old abbot died.
- The hegumeny of the monastery passed to a younger monk.
- Records show a long hegumeny lasting thirty years.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEGUMENY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HEGUMENY
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Common questions about HEGUMENY
- Is HEGUMENY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEGUMENY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEGUMENY worth?
- HEGUMENY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEGUMENY mean?
- The office or rank of the head of a monastery in the Eastern Church.
- What letters can be added to HEGUMENY?
- No single letter can be added to HEGUMENY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HEGUMENY:
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