ALLOPHONIC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ALLOPHONIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALLOPHONIC?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALLOPHONIC is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALLOPHONIC
No single letter turns ALLOPHONIC into another word.
How ALLOPHONIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ALLOPHONIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALLOPHONIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALLOPHONIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to allophones, the different sounds that count as one and the same phoneme in a language.
English speakers hear the "p" in "pin" and "spin" as one sound, though they differ in breath. That difference is allophonic, because it never changes the meaning of a word.
How ALLOPHONIC is used
Allophonic is a linguistics term, used with variation, difference or rule.
- The aspiration of "p" is an allophonic variation in English.
- Linguists describe allophonic rules for each language.
- An allophonic difference does not change the meaning of a word.
- The two sounds are allophonic in Spanish.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALLOPHONIC and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ALLOPHONIC
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Common questions about ALLOPHONIC
- Is ALLOPHONIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALLOPHONIC, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALLOPHONIC worth?
- ALLOPHONIC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALLOPHONIC mean?
- Relating to allophones, the different sounds that count as one and the same phoneme in a language.
- What letters can be added to ALLOPHONIC?
- No single letter can be added to ALLOPHONIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ALLOPHONIC:
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