What HALCYON Means
- adjective: idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity“a halcyon atmosphere”
- adjective: marked by peace and prosperity“a golden era”
- noun: a mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power of calming the winds and waves
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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
HALCYON is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 A1 L1 C3 Y4 O1 N1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 65 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In HALCYON
90 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.
6 letter words (2)
5 letter words (11)
4 letter words (31)
ACHYACYLAHOYALCOCALOCANYCHALCHAOCHAYCHONCLANCLAYCLONCLOYCOALCOLACOLYCONYCYANHALOHOLYHOYAHYLALACYLOANLOCALOCHLYCHNACHNOAHONLY
3 letter words (29)
2 letter words (17)
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