MAENADIC is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. MAENADIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAENADIC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAENADIC is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAENADIC
No single letter turns MAENADIC into another word.
How MAENADIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MAENADIC, 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 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MAENADIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MAENADIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Wildly frenzied, in the manner of the female followers of the Greek god Dionysus.
Maenadic describes uncontrolled, ecstatic behaviour, whether in a crowd, a dance or a burst of emotion. It borrows the image of the maenads of myth, who roamed in ecstatic rites. Critics use it for performances that seem to be carried past all restraint.
How MAENADIC is used
Maenadic is a learned literary word, found in essays about drama, music and mythology.
- The dancers whirled in a maenadic frenzy.
- A maenadic cry rose from the crowd.
- Her maenadic energy exhausted the whole company.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAENADIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MAENADIC
1 longer words begin with MAENADIC.
Shorter words from the letters in MAENADIC
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Common questions about MAENADIC
- Is MAENADIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAENADIC, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAENADIC worth?
- MAENADIC is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAENADIC mean?
- Wildly frenzied, in the manner of the female followers of the Greek god Dionysus.
- What letters can be added to MAENADIC?
- No single letter can be added to MAENADIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MAENADIC:
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