Scrabble & Words with friends points
- hero is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
- hero is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
- hero is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 6
Definition of hero
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States (noun)
Synonyms
- bomber
- cuban sandwich
- grinder
- hero sandwich
- hoagie
- hoagy
- italian sandwich
- poor boy
- sub
- submarine
- submarine sandwich
- torpedo
- wedge
- zep
- Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) (noun)
Synonyms
- hero of alexandria
- heron
- someone who fights for a cause (noun)
Synonyms
- champion
- fighter
- paladin
- a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength (noun)
Examples
- RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain
- (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god (noun)
- (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her (noun)
- the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem (noun)
See definition of hero in Merriam Webster