PYRRHIC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. PYRRHIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PYRRHIC?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PYRRHIC is to know. It scores 17 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PYRRHIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pyrrhicsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PYRRHIC scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PYRRHIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,411 thousand.
What stands out about PYRRHIC
- PYRRHIC gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PYRRHIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Describing a victory won at such a great cost that it is hardly worth winning.
The phrase pyrrhic victory comes from King Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose army won battles but lost too many men. As a noun, pyrrhic also names an ancient Greek war dance and a verse foot of two short syllables.
How PYRRHIC is used
Almost always found in the phrase pyrrhic victory.
- The merger was a pyrrhic victory that left the firm weaker.
- Winning the case proved pyrrhic once the legal bills arrived.
- Historians call the battle a pyrrhic triumph.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PYRRHIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PYRRHIC
3 longer words begin with PYRRHIC.
Shorter words from the letters in PYRRHIC
Common questions about PYRRHIC
- Is PYRRHIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PYRRHIC, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PYRRHIC worth?
- PYRRHIC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PYRRHIC mean?
- Describing a victory won at such a great cost that it is hardly worth winning.
- What letters can be added to PYRRHIC?
- PYRRHIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PYRRHIC:
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