APHESIS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. APHESIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept APHESIS?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APHESIS is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APHESIS
No single letter turns APHESIS into another word.
How APHESIS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in APHESIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 686,195.
What does APHESIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The loss of an unstressed vowel at the very start of a word over time.
Aphesis explains why some everyday words are shorter than their older forms. Linguists treat aphesis as a natural drift in pronunciation rather than a mistake. It is a kind of clipping that happens at the front of a word.
How APHESIS is used
Used in linguistics when describing how words shorten historically.
- The word "squire" arose from "esquire" through aphesis.
- Aphesis also gave English "lone" from "alone".
- A historical linguist will point to aphesis when a word loses its first sound.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APHESIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in APHESIS
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Common questions about APHESIS
- Is APHESIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APHESIS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APHESIS worth?
- APHESIS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APHESIS mean?
- The loss of an unstressed vowel at the very start of a word over time.
- What letters can be added to APHESIS?
- No single letter can be added to APHESIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of APHESIS:
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