PATHOS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PATHOS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PATHOS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PATHOS is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PATHOS
No single letter turns PATHOS into another word.
How PATHOS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PATHOS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does PATHOS mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A quality in a person, scene or work of art that stirs pity or sadness.
The word is Greek for suffering or feeling, and critics use pathos for moments in a story or a performance that touch the heart without turning into plain melodrama. Charlie Chaplin was admired for mixing comedy with pathos, and a single detail such as an empty chair can supply it. It differs from sympathy, which is the reader response, since pathos is the property of the thing itself.
How PATHOS is used
Literary and critical; used of drama, film, music and writing.
- The film moves between comedy and pathos.
- There was great pathos in the old man's last letter.
- The actor gave the part a quiet pathos.
- A note of pathos ran through the whole poem.
- The pathos of the scene made the audience fall silent.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PATHOS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PATHOS
The 6 tiles of PATHOS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PATHOS
1 longer words begin with PATHOS.
Shorter words from the letters in PATHOS
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Common questions about PATHOS
- Is PATHOS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PATHOS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PATHOS worth?
- PATHOS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PATHOS mean?
- A quality in a person, scene or work of art that stirs pity or sadness.
- What letters can be added to PATHOS?
- No single letter can be added to PATHOS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PATHOS:
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