NEPENTHEAN is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. NEPENTHEAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NEPENTHEAN?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NEPENTHEAN is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEPENTHEAN
No single letter turns NEPENTHEAN into another word.
How NEPENTHEAN scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in NEPENTHEAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 3 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NEPENTHEAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about NEPENTHEAN
- NEPENTHEAN begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NEPENTHEAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Bringing forgetfulness of pain or sorrow; soothing.
The word comes from nepenthe, a drink in ancient stories that banished grief. A nepenthean sleep or song offers relief from worries, so poets and essayists reach for it when ordinary words for comfort seem too plain.
How NEPENTHEAN is used
A rare literary word, as in a nepenthean calm.
- The music had a nepenthean effect on the weary travellers.
- He longed for nepenthean sleep after the loss.
- A nepenthean silence settled over the garden.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEPENTHEAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NEPENTHEAN
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Common questions about NEPENTHEAN
- Is NEPENTHEAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEPENTHEAN, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEPENTHEAN worth?
- NEPENTHEAN is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEPENTHEAN mean?
- Bringing forgetfulness of pain or sorrow; soothing.
- What letters can be added to NEPENTHEAN?
- No single letter can be added to NEPENTHEAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of NEPENTHEAN:
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