APHTHA is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. APHTHA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept APHTHA?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APHTHA is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APHTHA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How APHTHA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in APHTHA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,759 thousand.
What stands out about APHTHA
- APHTHA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does APHTHA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A small painful sore, often whitish, that forms inside the mouth.
An aphtha is the singular of aphthae, the small ulcers that appear in groups on the tongue or the lining of the mouth. In older medical writing the word could also point to the infection called thrush. Today most people say mouth ulcer, and aphtha belongs to clinical vocabulary.
How APHTHA is used
Medical term; the plural is aphthae.
- A single aphtha on the tongue made eating painful.
- The nurse checked the child for an aphtha near the lip.
- Each aphtha healed within a week or two.
- The old physician described the aphtha as a whitish speck.
- An aphtha can make even a sip of juice sting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APHTHA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with APHTHA
1 longer words begin with APHTHA.
Shorter words from the letters in APHTHA
Common questions about APHTHA
- Is APHTHA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APHTHA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APHTHA worth?
- APHTHA is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APHTHA mean?
- A small painful sore, often whitish, that forms inside the mouth.
- What letters can be added to APHTHA?
- APHTHA takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of APHTHA:
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