ILIAD is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ILIAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ILIAD?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ILIAD is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ILIAD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
iliadsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ILIAD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ILIAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does ILIAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A long, wearisome series of troubles, hardships, or disastrous events suffered over time.
Used as a common noun rather than the title of Homer's epic, an iliad describes a drawn-out chain of misfortune, most often in the set phrase an iliad of woes. The usage draws on the sheer length and relentless suffering depicted in the ancient poem about the Trojan War, applying that same sense of scale to ordinary hardship. Writers reach for this word when a simple list of troubles or a plain plural does not convey how prolonged and exhausting the ordeal actually was.
How ILIAD is used
A formal, literary word, almost always following an and preceding of, as in an iliad of misfortunes.
- The refugee's memoir recounts an iliad of loss, exile, and hardship.
- Her later years brought an iliad of illness that few could have endured.
- The company survived an iliad of lawsuits before finally closing its doors.
- Historians describe the siege as an iliad of suffering for the trapped city.
- He faced an iliad of setbacks yet refused to abandon the project.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ILIAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ILIAD
1 longer words begin with ILIAD.
Words ending in ILIAD
1 words end in ILIAD. Useful as a back hook: play ILIAD onto a word already on the board.
Words with ILIAD inside
3 words contain ILIAD in the middle. Words that start with ILIAD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ILIAD
Common questions about ILIAD
- Is ILIAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ILIAD, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ILIAD worth?
- ILIAD is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ILIAD mean?
- A long, wearisome series of troubles, hardships, or disastrous events suffered over time.
- What letters can be added to ILIAD?
- ILIAD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ILIAD:
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