HERIOT is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. HERIOT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HERIOT?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HERIOT is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HERIOT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
heriotsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HERIOT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HERIOT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,162.
What does HERIOT mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
In medieval England, a payment made to a lord when a tenant died, often the best animal or a set of arms.
A heriot was a kind of death duty owed under feudal custom. Early on it was the weapons and armour a lord had lent to his man, and later it became the best beast or another item of value from the estate. Historians study heriots because the records show who held land and how a family passed it on. The custom faded as copyhold tenure ended.
How HERIOT is used
Historical and technical; used by historians of land and manorial law.
- When the farmer died, the lord claimed his ox as a heriot.
- The manor roll records a heriot of one horse.
- Paying the heriot was a burden on the widow.
- The historian traced each heriot through the court records.
- Early on, the heriot meant the sword and helmet lent to a retainer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HERIOT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HERIOT
2 longer words begin with HERIOT.
Shorter words from the letters in HERIOT
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Common questions about HERIOT
- Is HERIOT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HERIOT, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HERIOT worth?
- HERIOT is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HERIOT mean?
- In medieval England, a payment made to a lord when a tenant died, often the best animal or a set of arms.
- What letters can be added to HERIOT?
- HERIOT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HERIOT:
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