HEPTAD is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. HEPTAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEPTAD?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEPTAD is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEPTAD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
heptadsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HEPTAD scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HEPTAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does HEPTAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A group or set of seven.
Heptad comes from the Greek word for seven and is the sibling of dyad, triad and decade. It turns up in music, in mathematics and in chemistry, where an atom able to combine with seven others is called a heptad. Outside science the word is rare, and most people simply say a group of seven.
How HEPTAD is used
Technical and learned; used mainly in science and mathematics.
- Each heptad in the chain repeats the same pattern.
- The poem is built from a heptad of short verses.
- The textbook defines a heptad as a set of seven.
- Iodine acts as a heptad in some acids.
- She drew a heptad of stars across the top of the page.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEPTAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HEPTAD
The 6 tiles of HEPTAD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HEPTAD
2 longer words begin with HEPTAD.
Shorter words from the letters in HEPTAD
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Common questions about HEPTAD
- Is HEPTAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEPTAD, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEPTAD worth?
- HEPTAD is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEPTAD mean?
- A group or set of seven.
- What letters can be added to HEPTAD?
- HEPTAD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HEPTAD:
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