THETA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. THETA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THETA?
| 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 THETA is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THETA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
thetasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How THETA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in THETA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 23,237.
What does THETA mean in Scrabble?
noun
The eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, written as a capital Theta or a lower-case theta, used in English mainly as a mathematical or scientific symbol.
Mathematicians and physicists commonly use theta as a symbol for an unknown or variable angle, especially in trigonometry and geometry, so a diagram might label the angle between two lines as theta. Statisticians and computer scientists borrow the same letter for other purposes, such as marking a parameter in a formula or describing the tight bound known as big-theta notation in the study of algorithms. In the Greek alphabet itself, theta simply follows eta and precedes iota, filling an ordinary place in the sequence rather than carrying any special meaning outside its adopted technical roles. English speakers who have never studied Greek still regularly encounter the word theta through mathematics, physics and engineering textbooks.
How THETA is used
Common in mathematics, physics and computer science writing as the name of the Greek letter used to denote an angle or other variable.
- The professor asked students to solve for theta in the equation.
- The diagram labelled the angle of elevation as theta.
- Engineers use theta to represent the phase angle of a signal.
- The algorithm's running time is described using big-theta notation.
- She wrote the Greek letter theta on the board to introduce trigonometry.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THETA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with THETA
1 longer words begin with THETA.
Words ending in THETA
1 words end in THETA. Useful as a back hook: play THETA onto a word already on the board.
Words with THETA inside
3 words contain THETA in the middle. Words that start with THETA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in THETA
Common questions about THETA
- Is THETA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THETA, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THETA worth?
- THETA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THETA mean?
- The eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, written as a capital Theta or a lower-case theta, used in English mainly as a mathematical or scientific symbol.
- What letters can be added to THETA?
- THETA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of THETA:
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