death D₂E₁A₁T₁H₄

DEATH is a familiar five-letter word with a compact rack profile: D, E, A, T and H total 9 points before board bonuses. Its definition also extends beyond biology: the same noun can name the end of something, or the Grim Reaper as a personified figure. For word games, the standout twist is its single anagram, HATED.

DEATH at a glance

• DEATH has five letters and a base Scrabble value of 9.
• HATED is its only listed anagram, rearranging all five tiles.
• Seven one-letter neighbours include DEPTH and HEATH.
• Twelve rhymes share its “ath” ending, including PATH, BREATH and BATH.

What does death mean?

DEATH names the cessation of life and the return of an organism to a non-living state. The noun also names an ending outside biology, such as the death of a custom or institution. A second figurative sense personifies death as the hooded Grim Reaper.

DEATH is recognized in ENABLE, NWL2023 and Collins. It is common in ordinary English, with a frequency rank of 362 and a frequency count of 189,000. Those figures explain why the word reads naturally in text; they do not change its score or establish the value of any related form.

What is the DEATH Scrabble score?

The DEATH Scrabble score is 9 points before premiums: D is 2, H is 4, and E, A and T each add 1. H supplies four of the nine points, so a letter premium under H beats the same premium under a 1-point tile. Count each tile first, then apply board bonuses to newly placed tiles.

Wordle treats DEATH as both an answer and an allowed guess, so it belongs in either side of a solver’s word list. HATED is its only anagram; seven one-letter neighbours include DEPTH and HEATH.

Twelve words share the “ath” rhyme, from PATH and BATH to BENEATH and AFTERMATH. NEATH and MEATH are less familiar neighbours, so check your game's word list before relying on them. The death Scrabble score stays 9 before premiums; H on a letter bonus carries more value than a 1-point tile.