HEPTARCH is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. HEPTARCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEPTARCH?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEPTARCH is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEPTARCH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HEPTARCH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HEPTARCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HEPTARCH has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about HEPTARCH
- HEPTARCH begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HEPTARCH mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
One of seven rulers sharing power, or a member of a heptarchy.
In English history the term is linked to the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of the early Middle Ages. A heptarch in this sense is any ruler within that group of states.
How HEPTARCH is used
Heptarch is a rare historical term, mostly met in books about early England.
- Each heptarch ruled his own territory but answered to no single king.
- The chronicle named the heptarch who held the northern kingdom.
- He wrote an essay on the last heptarch.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEPTARCH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HEPTARCH
7 longer words begin with HEPTARCH.
Shorter words from the letters in HEPTARCH
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Common questions about HEPTARCH
- Is HEPTARCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEPTARCH, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEPTARCH worth?
- HEPTARCH is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEPTARCH mean?
- One of seven rulers sharing power, or a member of a heptarchy.
- What letters can be added to HEPTARCH?
- HEPTARCH takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HEPTARCH:
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