HERMA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. HERMA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HERMA?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HERMA is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HERMA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How HERMA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HERMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does HERMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A carved pillar topped with a head or bust, often of the god Hermes, used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or roadside monument.
A herma typically consisted of a plain square or rectangular stone shaft with no arms or legs, crowned only by a sculpted head and sometimes carved partway down the shaft. The Greeks set these markers at crossroads, boundaries, and doorways, where the head of Hermes, the god of travelers and boundaries, was thought to offer protection. Later cultures, including the Romans, adopted the same form for portrait busts of other figures, extending the word beyond its original religious use.
How HERMA is used
Historical and archaeological term; the plural is hermae or hermai.
- Excavators uncovered a broken herma near the entrance to the ancient agora.
- A row of hermae once lined the road leading into the city.
- The museum displays a well-preserved herma with the head of Hermes intact.
- Vandals in ancient Athens once damaged dozens of hermae in a single night.
- Each herma marked the boundary between one property and the next.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HERMA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HERMA
The 5 tiles of HERMA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HERMA
10 longer words begin with HERMA.
Words with HERMA inside
Showing 24 of 69 words that contain HERMA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HERMA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HERMA
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Common questions about HERMA
- Is HERMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HERMA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HERMA worth?
- HERMA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HERMA mean?
- A carved pillar topped with a head or bust, often of the god Hermes, used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or roadside monument.
- What letters can be added to HERMA?
- HERMA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HERMA:
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