NETE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. NETE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept NETE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NETE is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 9.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NETE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
netesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NETE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in NETE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,650.
What stands out about NETE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 NETE mean in Scrabble?
noun
musichistorical
The highest-pitched string or note of the ancient Greek lyre or tetrachord.
Greek theorists organised their scales across a four-note span called the tetrachord, and nete marked the topmost pitch in that span, mirrored by hypate at the bottom. Music historians reconstruct these positions from writings by figures such as Aristoxenus rather than from any surviving instrument. Comparative musicology occasionally borrows nete when describing similarly ordered tuning systems in other ancient cultures.
How NETE is used
Rare; appears only in music-history writing about ancient Greek instruments and scales.
- The tetrachord ran from hypate at the bottom to nete at the top.
- A scholar of ancient music explained what nete meant on the old lyre.
- The highest string, called nete, gave the tetrachord its top note.
- In diagrams of Greek scales, nete always sits above the other strings.
- The music historian used nete to name the topmost pitch of the scale.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NETE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NETE
The 4 tiles of NETE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with NETE
1 longer words begin with NETE.
Words ending in NETE
2 words end in NETE. Useful as a back hook: play NETE onto a word already on the board.
Words with NETE inside
Showing 24 of 32 words that contain NETE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NETE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NETE
Common questions about NETE
- Is NETE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and NETE is not in it.
- How many points is NETE worth?
- NETE is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NETE mean?
- The highest-pitched string or note of the ancient Greek lyre or tetrachord.
- What letters can be added to NETE?
- NETE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of NETE:
Open NETE in the Word Finder