HYMENEAL is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. HYMENEAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HYMENEAL?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYMENEAL is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYMENEAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hymenealsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HYMENEAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HYMENEAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HYMENEAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HYMENEAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Relating to marriage or a wedding.
Hymeneal comes from Hymen, the Greek god of weddings, and belongs to elevated or poetic writing. As a noun it can also mean a wedding song.
How HYMENEAL is used
Literary and old-fashioned; seen in poetry and ceremonial writing.
- The poem celebrates hymeneal joy.
- A hymeneal procession wound through the village.
- They exchanged hymeneal vows in the garden.
- The choir sang a hymeneal song.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYMENEAL and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HYMENEAL
2 longer words begin with HYMENEAL.
Shorter words from the letters in HYMENEAL
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Common questions about HYMENEAL
- Is HYMENEAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYMENEAL, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYMENEAL worth?
- HYMENEAL is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYMENEAL mean?
- Relating to marriage or a wedding.
- What letters can be added to HYMENEAL?
- HYMENEAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HYMENEAL:
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