damocles
NOUN
/dæmə,kliz/
8 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH D
damocles is a valid 8-letter word worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
D2A1M3O1C3L1E1S1
2 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 =13 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 26TRIPLE WORD → 39
MEANING
What does damocles mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
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).