MENAD is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MENAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MENAD?
| 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 MENAD is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MENAD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
menadsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MENAD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MENAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about MENAD
- The same 5 tiles also spell 5 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MENAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A variant spelling of maenad, a female follower of the Greek god Dionysus, traditionally shown in a state of ecstatic, frenzied revelry.
Ancient Greek myth and art depict a menad as one of the wild female worshippers who followed Dionysus, the god of wine, dancing through the countryside in a trance-like frenzy that ancient writers associated with ritual ecstasy rather than ordinary drunkenness. Vase painters and sculptors frequently portrayed a menad with wind-tossed hair, an animal skin draped over one shoulder, and a thyrsus, a staff topped with a pine cone, carried as part of the Dionysian rites. Beyond its mythological sense, writers sometimes use menad figuratively for any woman caught up in a state of uncontrolled, wild passion or fury, extending the ancient image into modern description. Both spellings, menad and the more common maenad, refer to exactly the same figure from Greek religion and mythology.
How MENAD is used
A literary word, more often spelled maenad, used in writing about Greek mythology and, figuratively, for a woman in a state of wild, uncontrolled frenzy.
- The vase showed a menad dancing with a thyrsus raised high.
- Ancient rites cast the menad as both sacred and terrifying.
- The poet compared the grieving widow to a wild menad.
- Sculptors carved the menad's hair as if caught mid-motion.
- Historians study the menad cult as part of Dionysian worship.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MENAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MENAD
The 5 tiles of MENAD in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with MENAD
3 longer words begin with MENAD.
Words with MENAD inside
6 words contain MENAD in the middle. Words that start with MENAD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MENAD
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Common questions about MENAD
- Is MENAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MENAD, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MENAD worth?
- MENAD is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MENAD mean?
- A variant spelling of maenad, a female follower of the Greek god Dionysus, traditionally shown in a state of ecstatic, frenzied revelry.
- What letters can be added to MENAD?
- MENAD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MENAD:
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