HERMIT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HERMIT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HERMIT?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HERMIT is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HERMIT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HERMIT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HERMIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does HERMIT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who deliberately lives alone, away from society, often for religious reasons.
The first hermits were early Christian monks who withdrew to the desert to pray in silence. Since then the word has come to cover anyone who chooses a solitary life, whether in a mountain hut or a closed-up house in town. It is also the first half of the name of the hermit crab, which lives alone inside a borrowed shell, and of a hummingbird that forages in forest shade.
How HERMIT is used
Can be neutral or mildly critical, depending on whether the solitude seems chosen or odd.
- The hermit lived in a cave above the village for forty years.
- After retiring he became something of a hermit and rarely answered the door.
- A hermit crab dragged its borrowed shell across the sand.
- Pilgrims climbed the hill to ask the hermit for advice.
- She dreamed of being a hermit with only books for company.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HERMIT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HERMIT
The 6 tiles of HERMIT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HERMIT
12 longer words begin with HERMIT.
Shorter words from the letters in HERMIT
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Common questions about HERMIT
- Is HERMIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HERMIT, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HERMIT worth?
- HERMIT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HERMIT mean?
- A person who deliberately lives alone, away from society, often for religious reasons.
- What letters can be added to HERMIT?
- HERMIT takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HERMIT:
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