THANATOS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. THANATOS 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 THANATOS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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 THANATOS is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THANATOS
No single letter turns THANATOS into another word.
How THANATOS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in THANATOS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so THANATOS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does THANATOS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
In Greek myth the personified figure of death, and in Freudian theory the instinct towards destruction and death.
Thanatos is usually set against Eros, the force of life and love, in psychoanalytic writing. In mythology the figure is a quiet winged spirit rather than a violent one. Writers borrow the name when they want to speak of a drive towards ending rather than simple dying.
How THANATOS is used
Appears in classical studies, psychology and literary criticism, usually capitalised in myth.
- Freud argued that thanatos battles with the drive for life inside every person.
- In the old tale thanatos arrives at the bedside of the sleeping king.
- The critic read the novel as a struggle between eros and thanatos.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THANATOS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with THANATOS
2 longer words begin with THANATOS.
Shorter words from the letters in THANATOS
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Common questions about THANATOS
- Is THANATOS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THANATOS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THANATOS worth?
- THANATOS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THANATOS mean?
- In Greek myth the personified figure of death, and in Freudian theory the instinct towards destruction and death.
- What letters can be added to THANATOS?
- No single letter can be added to THANATOS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of THANATOS:
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