APHIS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. APHIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept APHIS?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APHIS is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APHIS
Front hooks — 1
raphisBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How APHIS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in APHIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What stands out about APHIS
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does APHIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small, soft-bodied insect that feeds by piercing plants and sucking their sap, commonly known as a plant louse.
An aphis, more commonly called an aphid in everyday speech, damages plants by draining their sap through a needle-like mouthpart and can spread plant disease in the process. Large aphis colonies often cluster on stems and the undersides of leaves, sometimes attended by ants that feed on the sweet honeydew the insects excrete. Gardeners and farmers treat aphis infestations as a serious threat to crops, roses, and vegetables, since the insects reproduce extremely quickly. The scientific name Aphis gives its name to an entire family of related sap-sucking insects studied in entomology.
How APHIS is used
Technical, mainly zoological term; aphid is the more common everyday word for the same insect.
- A cluster of aphis covered the rosebush's tender new growth.
- The farmer sprayed the crop to control the spreading aphis.
- Ladybugs are natural predators of the garden aphis.
- Each aphis can produce dozens of offspring within days.
- Ants often protect aphis colonies in exchange for honeydew.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APHIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of APHIS
The 5 tiles of APHIS in a different order — 2 found.
Words ending in APHIS
2 words end in APHIS. Useful as a back hook: play APHIS onto a word already on the board.
Words with APHIS inside
Showing 24 of 62 words that contain APHIS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with APHIS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in APHIS
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Common questions about APHIS
- Is APHIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APHIS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APHIS worth?
- APHIS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APHIS mean?
- A small, soft-bodied insect that feeds by piercing plants and sucking their sap, commonly known as a plant louse.
- What letters can be added to APHIS?
- APHIS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of APHIS:
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