WITENAGEMOT is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. WITENAGEMOT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WITENAGEMOT?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WITENAGEMOT is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WITENAGEMOT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WITENAGEMOT scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in WITENAGEMOT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WITENAGEMOT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WITENAGEMOT mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
The royal council of nobles, bishops and officials that advised Anglo-Saxon kings in early England.
The witenagemot had no fixed membership and met when the king summoned it, which makes it a loose forerunner of Parliament. Historians debate how far it could choose or depose a king.
How WITENAGEMOT is used
Used almost only in history writing about Anglo-Saxon England.
- The witenagemot met at Easter to hear the king's decrees.
- Edward's successor was confirmed by the witenagemot.
- A student essay compared the witenagemot to a modern parliament.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WITENAGEMOT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WITENAGEMOT
3 longer words begin with WITENAGEMOT.
Shorter words from the letters in WITENAGEMOT
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Common questions about WITENAGEMOT
- Is WITENAGEMOT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WITENAGEMOT, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WITENAGEMOT worth?
- WITENAGEMOT is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WITENAGEMOT mean?
- The royal council of nobles, bishops and officials that advised Anglo-Saxon kings in early England.
- What letters can be added to WITENAGEMOT?
- WITENAGEMOT takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of WITENAGEMOT:
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