Definition of apocrypha

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • apocrypha is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 21
  • apocrypha is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 21
  • apocrypha is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 22

Definition of apocrypha


  • 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status (noun)

See definition of apocrypha in Merriam Webster