DITHYRAMBS

10 letters, 21 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What DITHYRAMBS Means

DITHYRAMBS is a form of DITHYRAMB, which means:

noun: a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing
noun: (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus)

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DITHYRAMBS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 21 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 I1 T1 H4 Y4 R1 A1 M3 B3 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In DITHYRAMBS

563 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

9 letter words (3)

BIRTHDAYS DITHYRAMB MYRIADTHS

8 letter words (3)

BIRTHDAY MAYBIRDS MYRIADTH

7 letter words (17)

BARDISM DIRHAMS HYBRIDS IMBRAST MAISTRY MAYBIRD MIDRASH MIHRABS MYRIADS RHYMIST SATYRID SYMITAR THAIRMS THIRAMS THRIMSA THRYMSA TRIBADY

6 letter words (52)

5 letter words (159)

4 letter words (189)

3 letter words (111)

ABS ABY ADS AHI AHS AID AIM AIR AIS AIT AMI ARB ARD ARM ARS ART ARY ASH ATS AYS BAD BAH BAM BAR BAS BAT BAY BID BIS BIT BRA BYS DAB DAH DAM DAS DAY DIB DIM DIS DIT DRY HAD HAM HAS HAT HAY HID HIM HIS HIT IDS ISH ISM ITA ITS MAD MAR MAS MAT MAY MIB MID MIR MIS RAD RAH RAI RAM RAS RAT RAY RHY RIA RIB RID RIM RIT RYA SAB SAD SAI SAM SAR SAT SAY SHA SHY SIB SIM SIR SIT SMA SRI STY TAB TAD TAI TAM TAR TAS TAY THY TID TIS TRY YAD YAH YAM YAR YID

2 letter words (29)

AB AD AH AI AM AR AS AT AY BA BI BY DA DI HA HI HM ID IS IT MA MI MY SH SI ST TA TI YA

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