HELOTRY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HELOTRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HELOTRY?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HELOTRY is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HELOTRY
No single letter turns HELOTRY into another word.
How HELOTRY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HELOTRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 289,489.
What does HELOTRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
Slavery or serfdom, or the class of helots as a whole.
In ancient Sparta the helots were a conquered people forced to work the land, and helotry names both their condition and the group itself. Modern writers borrow the word figuratively for any state of grinding, unfree labour.
How HELOTRY is used
The word helotry is literary, used for bondage in ancient or figurative contexts.
- The historian described the helotry of the Spartan countryside.
- Their wages kept them in a kind of helotry.
- He wrote bitterly about the helotry of mill workers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HELOTRY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HELOTRY
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Common questions about HELOTRY
- Is HELOTRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HELOTRY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HELOTRY worth?
- HELOTRY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HELOTRY mean?
- Slavery or serfdom, or the class of helots as a whole.
- What letters can be added to HELOTRY?
- No single letter can be added to HELOTRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HELOTRY:
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