damocles
/dæmə,kliz/
noun
8 letters3 syllables13 points in Scrabble®16 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS1
NOUN
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The Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC).
WORD FORMS
Starts withD
Ends withS
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®13 points
Words With Friends®16 points
Double word26 points
Triple word39 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinamoclesday
Starts & ends withD … S
Syllablesdam · o · cles
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