MYTH
Scrabble letter values: M3Y4T1H4 = 12
Definition
- noun a traditional story accepted as history.
Examples
- “serves to explain the world view of a people”
- “Myth was the product of man's emotion and imagination, acted upon by his surroundings. (E. Clodd, Myths & Dreams (1885), 7, cited after OED)”
- “Scientists debunk the myth that gum stays in the human stomach for seven years.”