HELOTAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. HELOTAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HELOTAGE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HELOTAGE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HELOTAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
helotagesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HELOTAGE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HELOTAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HELOTAGE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HELOTAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
The condition of a helot, a state-owned serf in ancient Sparta, or any similar bondage.
Historians use helotage for the system in which the helots farmed land for their masters and had no freedom to leave it. The word is sometimes borrowed to describe any harsh servitude.
How HELOTAGE is used
Helotage belongs to scholarly writing about ancient Greece and to metaphors of enslavement.
- Spartan society rested on the helotage of a conquered people.
- The essay compared factory labour to helotage.
- Revolts against helotage threatened the city more than once.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HELOTAGE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HELOTAGE
1 longer words begin with HELOTAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in HELOTAGE
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Common questions about HELOTAGE
- Is HELOTAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HELOTAGE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HELOTAGE worth?
- HELOTAGE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HELOTAGE mean?
- The condition of a helot, a state-owned serf in ancient Sparta, or any similar bondage.
- What letters can be added to HELOTAGE?
- HELOTAGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HELOTAGE:
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