MYTHOMANIAC is a valid Scrabble word — 23 points
Yes. MYTHOMANIAC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MYTHOMANIAC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MYTHOMANIAC is to know. It scores 23 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MYTHOMANIAC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mythomaniacsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MYTHOMANIAC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in MYTHOMANIAC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MYTHOMANIAC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MYTHOMANIAC mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A person with an abnormal habit of lying or exaggerating, often inventing stories about themselves.
A mythomaniac does not usually lie for gain; the false stories seem to meet an inner need. The word comes from psychiatry and is sometimes used loosely for any compulsive storyteller.
How MYTHOMANIAC is used
Mythomaniac is a psychiatric term that is occasionally used figuratively for someone who invents tall tales.
- The psychiatrist described the patient as a mythomaniac with a vivid imagination.
- Colleagues eventually realised that the mythomaniac had invented his entire past.
- A mythomaniac may sincerely believe the stories he tells.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MYTHOMANIAC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MYTHOMANIAC
1 longer words begin with MYTHOMANIAC.
Shorter words from the letters in MYTHOMANIAC
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Common questions about MYTHOMANIAC
- Is MYTHOMANIAC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MYTHOMANIAC, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MYTHOMANIAC worth?
- MYTHOMANIAC is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MYTHOMANIAC mean?
- A person with an abnormal habit of lying or exaggerating, often inventing stories about themselves.
- What letters can be added to MYTHOMANIAC?
- MYTHOMANIAC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of MYTHOMANIAC:
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