NEPENTHE
Definition, meaning, and word game validity
Definitions for nepenthe
Nepenthe
A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh. Hence, anything soothing and comforting.
Nepenthes
A genus of climbing plants found in India, Malaya, etc., which have the leaves prolonged into a kind of stout tendril terminating in a pitcherlike appendage, whence the plants are often called pitcher plants and monkey-cups. There are about thirty species, of which the best known is Nepenthes distillatoria. See Pitcher plant.
Word Game Validity
NEPENTHE is valid in Scrabble and most word games!
Scrabble Point Values
Total possible words using these letters:
2 Letter Words
- EH - 5 points
- EN - 2 points
- ET - 2 points
- HE - 5 points
- NE - 2 points
- ...and 1 more
4 Letter Words
- EPEE - 6 points
- HENT - 7 points
- NEEP - 6 points
- NENE - 4 points
- PEEN - 6 points
- ...and 4 more
3 Letter Words
- ETH - 6 points
- HEN - 6 points
- HEP - 8 points
- HET - 6 points
- NEE - 3 points
- ...and 10 more
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