LETHEAN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. LETHEAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LETHEAN?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LETHEAN is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LETHEAN
No single letter turns LETHEAN into another word.
How LETHEAN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in LETHEAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 93,572.
What does LETHEAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literarypoetic
Causing forgetfulness, like the water of the mythical river Lethe.
Lethean borrows its force from Greek myth, where drinking from Lethe wiped out all memory. Writers reach for it when sleep, drugs, grief or long years seem to blur the past.
How LETHEAN is used
Rare and poetic, used for images of oblivion.
- A lethean calm settled over the sleeping village.
- He sought lethean sleep after the funeral.
- The poem describes a lethean stream that erases every sorrow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LETHEAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LETHEAN
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Common questions about LETHEAN
- Is LETHEAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LETHEAN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LETHEAN worth?
- LETHEAN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LETHEAN mean?
- Causing forgetfulness, like the water of the mythical river Lethe.
- What letters can be added to LETHEAN?
- No single letter can be added to LETHEAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of LETHEAN:
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