KHETH is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. KHETH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KHETH?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KHETH is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KHETH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
khethsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KHETH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KHETH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,046 thousand.
What does KHETH mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
The eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, representing a guttural sound and also spelled cheth, heth or khet.
Kheth belongs to the set of Hebrew consonants that originally represented sounds made in the back of the throat, though modern Hebrew pronunciation has simplified many of them. The letter also carries a numeric value in traditional systems that use the alphabet for counting. Spelling of the name varies between transliteration systems, so the same letter appears in English texts as kheth, heth or cheth.
How KHETH is used
A specialist term used when discussing the Hebrew alphabet or transliteration from Hebrew script.
- The manuscript used kheth where modern print shows heth.
- Students practiced writing kheth alongside the other Hebrew letters.
- Kheth marks a sound not found in English.
- The word begins with kheth in its original script.
- Scholars debated the best transliteration of kheth into Latin letters.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KHETH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KHETH
1 longer words begin with KHETH.
Shorter words from the letters in KHETH
Common questions about KHETH
- Is KHETH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KHETH, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KHETH worth?
- KHETH is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KHETH mean?
- The eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, representing a guttural sound and also spelled cheth, heth or khet.
- What letters can be added to KHETH?
- KHETH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KHETH:
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