HENDIADYS is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. HENDIADYS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HENDIADYS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HENDIADYS is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HENDIADYS
No single letter turns HENDIADYS into another word.
How HENDIADYS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HENDIADYS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HENDIADYS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HENDIADYS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A figure of speech that expresses one idea with two words joined by and, instead of a word and its modifier.
In hendiadys a phrase like nice and warm replaces nicely warm, and the pairing gives extra weight. Shakespeare and Virgil used it often. English speakers produce it daily without noticing, in phrases such as try and see.
How HENDIADYS is used
Used in rhetoric and literary study.
- The phrase rise and shine is a kind of hendiadys.
- The teacher gave a classic example of hendiadys.
- Hendiadys is common in Latin poetry.
- Nice and easy works as a hendiadys.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HENDIADYS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HENDIADYS
1 longer words begin with HENDIADYS.
Shorter words from the letters in HENDIADYS
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Common questions about HENDIADYS
- Is HENDIADYS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HENDIADYS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HENDIADYS worth?
- HENDIADYS is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HENDIADYS mean?
- A figure of speech that expresses one idea with two words joined by and, instead of a word and its modifier.
- What letters can be added to HENDIADYS?
- No single letter can be added to HENDIADYS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HENDIADYS:
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