SMITE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SMITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SMITE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SMITE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SMITE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SMITE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SMITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about SMITE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 6 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 SMITE mean in Scrabble?
verb
literaryarchaic
To strike someone or something with a heavy blow, or to defeat or punish them severely, especially as though by a divine act.
To smite someone is to strike them hard, and the word carries far more force than ordinary hit or strike, which is why it belongs mainly to dramatic, formal or biblical writing rather than to casual conversation. In religious texts, God is repeatedly described as smiting enemies, cities or entire peoples, an act of overwhelming divine punishment rather than an everyday physical blow. Writers of fantasy and epic fiction still reach for smite to give combat a heightened, almost mythic weight, as when a hero is said to smite a monster rather than simply defeating it. The irregular past tense, smote, and past participle, smitten, both survive in modern English even though the plain present form smite now sounds distinctly old-fashioned outside of scripture and deliberately archaic writing.
How SMITE is used
Literary and archaic in tone, met mainly in scripture, epic storytelling and deliberately old-fashioned or dramatic writing rather than in ordinary speech.
- The prophet warned that God would smite the city for its wickedness.
- In the story, the hero vows to smite the dragon before dawn.
- Ancient warriors prayed for the strength to smite their enemies in battle.
- The novelist gave the villain a sword said to smite with unnatural force.
- Old translations describe the storm as sent to smite the fleet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SMITE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SMITE
The 5 tiles of SMITE in a different order — 6 found.
Words starting with SMITE
3 longer words begin with SMITE.
Shorter words from the letters in SMITE
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Common questions about SMITE
- Is SMITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SMITE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SMITE worth?
- SMITE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SMITE mean?
- To strike someone or something with a heavy blow, or to defeat or punish them severely, especially as though by a divine act.
- What letters can be added to SMITE?
- SMITE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SMITE:
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