MAENAD is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. MAENAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAENAD?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAENAD is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAENAD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
maenadsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAENAD scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MAENAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does MAENAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
In Greek myth, a woman who followed the wine god Dionysus and joined his wild, ecstatic rites; by extension, a woman in a frenzy.
The maenads appear in vase paintings and in the play The Bacchae, where they roam the hills in a trance, wearing animal skins and carrying wands tipped with pine cones. The Greek name means raving ones. Writers use the word figuratively for a woman who seems carried away by wild excitement.
How MAENAD is used
Literary and mythological; also written with a capital letter in myth.
- A maenad was painted on the side of the cup.
- The poem compares the dancer to a maenad on the mountain.
- Every maenad in the chorus wore an ivy crown.
- With her hair loose she looked like a maenad.
- The sculptor carved a maenad in mid-dance.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAENAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MAENAD
The 6 tiles of MAENAD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MAENAD
6 longer words begin with MAENAD.
Shorter words from the letters in MAENAD
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Common questions about MAENAD
- Is MAENAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAENAD, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAENAD worth?
- MAENAD is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAENAD mean?
- In Greek myth, a woman who followed the wine god Dionysus and joined his wild, ecstatic rites; by extension, a woman in a frenzy.
- What letters can be added to MAENAD?
- MAENAD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MAENAD:
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