HERSTORY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HERSTORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HERSTORY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HERSTORY is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HERSTORY
No single letter turns HERSTORY into another word.
How HERSTORY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HERSTORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HERSTORY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HERSTORY mean in Scrabble?
noun
History told from a woman's point of view, or with attention to the part women played.
Feminist writers coined herstory as a playful answer to the idea that the past was written by men about men. The word is more a statement of purpose than a scholarly term.
How HERSTORY is used
Used in discussions of women's history, often deliberately and with a point to make.
- The museum exhibition celebrates the herstory of local factory workers.
- She teaches a course in herstory at the college.
- Their book restores a forgotten chapter of herstory.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HERSTORY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HERSTORY
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Common questions about HERSTORY
- Is HERSTORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HERSTORY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HERSTORY worth?
- HERSTORY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HERSTORY mean?
- History told from a woman's point of view, or with attention to the part women played.
- What letters can be added to HERSTORY?
- No single letter can be added to HERSTORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HERSTORY:
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