HYLEG is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. HYLEG is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HYLEG?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYLEG is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYLEG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hylegsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HYLEG scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HYLEG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does HYLEG mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
In traditional astrology, the planet or point in a birth chart taken to govern the length of a person's life.
Astrologers before the scientific era ranked the sun, moon and five planets by their position at the moment of birth, and the strongest candidate among them was named the hyleg, or giver of life. Physicians in the medieval and early modern period consulted the hyleg alongside other signs when judging how long a patient might survive. The idea belongs to a system that modern astronomy and medicine replaced, so the word now appears mainly in histories of the practice.
How HYLEG is used
Historical; found in old astrological and medical texts rather than in current writing.
- Physicians once cast a chart to find the hyleg before judging a patient's chances.
- The hyleg was usually the sun, the moon, or the planet ruling the hour of birth.
- A weak hyleg was read as a sign of a short life.
- Old almanacs explain how to locate the hyleg step by step.
- The word hyleg survives mostly in books about the history of astrology.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYLEG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HYLEG
1 longer words begin with HYLEG.
Shorter words from the letters in HYLEG
Common questions about HYLEG
- Is HYLEG valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HYLEG is not in it.
- How many points is HYLEG worth?
- HYLEG is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYLEG mean?
- In traditional astrology, the planet or point in a birth chart taken to govern the length of a person's life.
- What letters can be added to HYLEG?
- HYLEG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HYLEG:
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