HERMAEAN is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HERMAEAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HERMAEAN?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HERMAEAN is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HERMAEAN
No single letter turns HERMAEAN into another word.
How HERMAEAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HERMAEAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HERMAEAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about HERMAEAN
- HERMAEAN runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HERMAEAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Of or resembling a herm, a pillar topped with a head or bust of the god Hermes.
Art historians describe a statue as hermaean when it takes the form of a squared pillar crowned with a head. Such markers once stood at crossroads and boundaries in ancient Greece.
How HERMAEAN is used
Used in classical art history and archaeology.
- The garden featured a hermaean figure beside the path.
- A hermaean pillar marked the road junction.
- The museum displayed a fine hermaean bust of white marble.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HERMAEAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HERMAEAN
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Common questions about HERMAEAN
- Is HERMAEAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HERMAEAN, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HERMAEAN worth?
- HERMAEAN is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HERMAEAN mean?
- Of or resembling a herm, a pillar topped with a head or bust of the god Hermes.
- What letters can be added to HERMAEAN?
- No single letter can be added to HERMAEAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HERMAEAN:
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