SPATHE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SPATHE 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 SPATHE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPATHE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPATHE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPATHE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SPATHE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does SPATHE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A large leaf-like bract that wraps around a flower cluster, as in arum lilies and palms.
The white part of a peace lily or calla lily that most people call the flower is really a spathe, which guards the true tiny flowers on the spike inside it. The word comes through Latin from Greek spathe, meaning a broad blade. In bananas and some palms the spathe is a tough sheath that splits open as the flowers grow.
How SPATHE is used
Botanical term; the spike it surrounds is called a spadix.
- The white spathe curled around the narrow spike.
- A green spathe protects the young palm blossoms.
- Bees entered the spathe of the arum to find pollen.
- The gardener pointed out the spathe on the peace lily.
- Once the spathe withered, the tiny flowers inside were gone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPATHE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SPATHE
2 longer words begin with SPATHE.
Shorter words from the letters in SPATHE
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Common questions about SPATHE
- Is SPATHE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPATHE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPATHE worth?
- SPATHE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPATHE mean?
- A large leaf-like bract that wraps around a flower cluster, as in arum lilies and palms.
- What letters can be added to SPATHE?
- SPATHE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SPATHE:
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