HEPTARCHY is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. HEPTARCHY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEPTARCHY?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEPTARCHY is to know. It scores 22 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEPTARCHY
No single letter turns HEPTARCHY into another word.
How HEPTARCHY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HEPTARCHY, 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 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HEPTARCHY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HEPTARCHY mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
Government by seven rulers, or a group of seven kingdoms, especially those of Anglo-Saxon England.
English history books speak of the Heptarchy to mean the seven kingdoms that existed before the country was united. Modern historians doubt the neat number, since the picture was more complicated. Outside that context the word is very rare.
How HEPTARCHY is used
Usually capitalised and tied to early medieval England.
- Wessex later rose to dominate the heptarchy.
- The heptarchy included Kent, Mercia, and Northumbria.
- She wrote a thesis on the age of the heptarchy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEPTARCHY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HEPTARCHY
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Common questions about HEPTARCHY
- Is HEPTARCHY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEPTARCHY, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEPTARCHY worth?
- HEPTARCHY is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEPTARCHY mean?
- Government by seven rulers, or a group of seven kingdoms, especially those of Anglo-Saxon England.
- What letters can be added to HEPTARCHY?
- No single letter can be added to HEPTARCHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HEPTARCHY:
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