LETHE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LETHE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LETHE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LETHE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LETHE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LETHE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LETHE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 23,765.
What does LETHE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A state of complete forgetfulness or oblivion, especially one that brings relief from painful memory.
Lethe comes from the river of forgetfulness in Greek mythology, which the souls of the dead were said to drink from so that they would forget their former lives. Writers borrowed the name to describe any deep, longed-for forgetting, particularly of grief or suffering. The word appears almost entirely in literary or poetic writing rather than everyday speech.
How LETHE is used
Literary noun, often used figuratively for a longed-for forgetting rather than the mythological river itself.
- The poem calls sleep a nightly taste of lethe.
- He longed for some lethe that would erase the memory.
- Grief slowly gave way to a kind of lethe.
- The novelist described drunkenness as a false, temporary lethe.
- Her diary spoke of seeking lethe from years of sorrow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LETHE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LETHE
4 longer words begin with LETHE.
Words with LETHE inside
13 words contain LETHE in the middle. Words that start with LETHE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LETHE
Common questions about LETHE
- Is LETHE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LETHE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LETHE worth?
- LETHE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LETHE mean?
- A state of complete forgetfulness or oblivion, especially one that brings relief from painful memory.
- What letters can be added to LETHE?
- LETHE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LETHE:
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