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 letters can be added to ALPHYL?

ALPHYL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

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.

a1l1p3h4y4l1

PlayableALPHYL · 6 letters · 14 pts Scrabble · 15 pts WWF

14points in Scrabble

15points in Words with Friends

6letters

1hook available

1 in 2,759 thousandodds of drawing this rack

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

33WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

2.33

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

3.83%

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

alphyls15

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How ALPHYL scores

Scrabble a1l1p3h4y4l1 14

Words with Friends a1l2p4h3y3l2 15

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

Words starting with ALPHYL

alphyls15

1 longer words begin with ALPHYL.

Shorter words from the letters in ALPHYL

haply13 phyla13 pally10 hyla10 paly9 play9 ally7 hall7 pall6 hyp11 hay9 yah9 hap8 pah8 pay8 ply8 pya8 yap8 lah6 lay6 alp5 lap5 pal5 all3 ah5 ay5 ha5 ya5 pa4 al2 la2

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 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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