Electra
7 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
In Greek mythology, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who persuaded her brother Orestes to avenge their father's murder by killing their mother and her lover Aegisthus.
“The opera drew on the tragic story of Electra and her brother's quest for vengeance.”
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e·lec·tra
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Contains common letters E, L, C, T, R, A making it a useful early guess for vowel and consonant positions
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Worth 9 points but is a proper noun and not valid in standard Scrabble play
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