LITHE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LITHE 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 LITHE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LITHE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LITHE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LITHE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LITHE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does LITHE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Thin and supple, able to move or bend easily and gracefully.
Lithe describes a body or limb that bends and moves with little visible effort, the kind of flexibility trained dancers, gymnasts and swimmers often display. The word carries a slightly admiring tone, suggesting grace as well as physical suppleness rather than mere thinness. It traces back to an Old English word meaning gentle or mild, a sense that faded as the modern meaning of easy, graceful movement took over.
How LITHE is used
Common in descriptive and literary writing, especially when praising the graceful movement of an athletic or slender body.
- The dancer moved with a lithe, effortless grace.
- Years of training gave the gymnast a lithe body.
- A lithe cat slipped through the narrow gap.
- Her lithe fingers moved quickly across the piano keys.
- The lithe young swimmer cut smoothly through the water.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LITHE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LITHE
14 longer words begin with LITHE.
Words ending in LITHE
1 words end in LITHE. Useful as a back hook: play LITHE onto a word already on the board.
Words with LITHE inside
21 words contain LITHE in the middle. Words that start with LITHE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LITHE
Common questions about LITHE
- Is LITHE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LITHE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LITHE worth?
- LITHE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LITHE mean?
- Thin and supple, able to move or bend easily and gracefully.
- What letters can be added to LITHE?
- LITHE takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LITHE:
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