ALPHYL is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ALPHYL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALPHYL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALPHYL is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALPHYL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
alphylsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALPHYL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ALPHYL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,759 thousand.
What stands out about ALPHYL
- ALPHYL gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ALPHYL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistryrare
An open-chain hydrocarbon group that behaves as a single unit in a molecule.
Alphyl is a chemistry term for a radical derived from an aliphatic compound, meaning one built from chains rather than aromatic rings. It is now a rare word, and modern texts prefer the name alkyl for the same idea. Players meet it mostly in word lists rather than in current laboratory writing.
How ALPHYL is used
Rare in modern chemistry, where alkyl has taken over the job.
- An old textbook calls the methyl group an alphyl.
- The chemist wrote alphyl in the margin and then crossed it out for alkyl.
- Each alphyl in the formula was attached to the central atom.
- The word alphyl has almost vanished from modern papers.
- He found alphyl listed as a valid entry in the dictionary.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALPHYL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALPHYL
1 longer words begin with ALPHYL.
Shorter words from the letters in ALPHYL
Common questions about ALPHYL
- Is ALPHYL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALPHYL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALPHYL worth?
- ALPHYL is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALPHYL mean?
- An open-chain hydrocarbon group that behaves as a single unit in a molecule.
- What letters can be added to ALPHYL?
- ALPHYL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ALPHYL:
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