MYTHOS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. MYTHOS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MYTHOS?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MYTHOS is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MYTHOS
No single letter turns MYTHOS into another word.
How MYTHOS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MYTHOS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 776,076.
What stands out about MYTHOS
- MYTHOS gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MYTHOS mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A body of traditional stories or beliefs that shapes how a culture sees itself.
Where a myth is a single tale, a mythos is the whole web of stories and ideas around a group or an author's work. Critics also use it for the recurring pattern of a plot.
How MYTHOS is used
Mythos is common in literary and cultural criticism; its plural is mythoi.
- The founding mythos of the nation centres on a river crossing.
- Tolkien built an entire mythos around his invented languages.
- The film adds to the mythos of the lone cowboy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MYTHOS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MYTHOS
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Common questions about MYTHOS
- Is MYTHOS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MYTHOS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MYTHOS worth?
- MYTHOS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MYTHOS mean?
- A body of traditional stories or beliefs that shapes how a culture sees itself.
- What letters can be added to MYTHOS?
- No single letter can be added to MYTHOS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MYTHOS:
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