MYTH is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MYTH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MYTH?
| 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 MYTH is to know. It scores 12 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 3.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MYTH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MYTH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MYTH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 81,692.
What does MYTH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A traditional story explaining a natural phenomenon.
Myth in ordinary use means something false, which irritates scholars who use it for a kind of narrative regardless of whether it is true. The word arrived in English only in the nineteenth century.
How MYTH is used
Countable: a myth, two myths.
- A myth in scholarship is a kind of story and not a lie.
- The word myth reached English in the 1800s.
- Two myths from different cultures explaining one thing.
- Calling something a myth usually means calling it false.
- A creation myth is a category and not a judgement.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MYTH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MYTH
Showing 24 of 98 words that begin with MYTH.
Words ending in MYTH
1 words end in MYTH. Useful as a back hook: play MYTH onto a word already on the board.
Words with MYTH inside
Showing 24 of 32 words that contain MYTH somewhere in the middle. Words that start with MYTH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MYTH
Common questions about MYTH
- Is MYTH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MYTH, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MYTH worth?
- MYTH is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MYTH mean?
- A traditional story explaining a natural phenomenon.
- What letters can be added to MYTH?
- MYTH takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MYTH:
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