KATHARSIS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. KATHARSIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KATHARSIS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KATHARSIS is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KATHARSIS
No single letter turns KATHARSIS into another word.
How KATHARSIS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in KATHARSIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so KATHARSIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does KATHARSIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
An older spelling of the emotional release or purging known as catharsis.
Katharsis keeps the Greek letter k and is met in classical scholarship and old texts. Most readers today see the form catharsis, so katharsis can feel deliberately learned.
How KATHARSIS is used
Katharsis appears in discussion of Greek drama and in older books.
- Aristotle saw katharsis as the effect of tragedy on its audience.
- The essay defines katharsis as a cleansing of pity and fear.
- Katharsis came for the audience in the final scene.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KATHARSIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in KATHARSIS
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Common questions about KATHARSIS
- Is KATHARSIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KATHARSIS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KATHARSIS worth?
- KATHARSIS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KATHARSIS mean?
- An older spelling of the emotional release or purging known as catharsis.
- What letters can be added to KATHARSIS?
- No single letter can be added to KATHARSIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of KATHARSIS:
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