Hyades
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
In Greek mythology, the seven daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades, placed among the stars by Zeus as a reward for nursing the infant Dionysus.
“Ancient Greek sailors used the Hyades star cluster as a navigational guide during autumn voyages.”
Pronunciation
Syllables
hy·a·des
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Y acts as a consonant here, the YADES ending is very unusual, making this extremely hard to guess
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Scrabble
Worth 13 points, Y scores 4 and the ADE cluster is an efficient tile combination
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