PERIPETEIA is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PERIPETEIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PERIPETEIA?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PERIPETEIA is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PERIPETEIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PERIPETEIA scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PERIPETEIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PERIPETEIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PERIPETEIA
- PERIPETEIA runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PERIPETEIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A sudden reversal of fortune or turn of events, especially in a play or story.
Aristotle used the Greek term for the moment when a plot flips, as when a messenger's news brings the opposite of what was hoped. Critics still point to peripeteia when discussing tragedy and well-built stories.
How PERIPETEIA is used
Literary criticism and drama studies.
- The peripeteia comes when the hero learns his true birth.
- Aristotle praised the peripeteia in Oedipus.
- A sharp peripeteia saves the story from predictability.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PERIPETEIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PERIPETEIA
2 longer words begin with PERIPETEIA.
Shorter words from the letters in PERIPETEIA
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Common questions about PERIPETEIA
- Is PERIPETEIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PERIPETEIA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PERIPETEIA worth?
- PERIPETEIA is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PERIPETEIA mean?
- A sudden reversal of fortune or turn of events, especially in a play or story.
- What letters can be added to PERIPETEIA?
- PERIPETEIA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PERIPETEIA:
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