APOPHONY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. APOPHONY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept APOPHONY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APOPHONY is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APOPHONY
No single letter turns APOPHONY into another word.
How APOPHONY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in APOPHONY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so APOPHONY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does APOPHONY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A change in a vowel inside a word that alters its grammatical meaning.
English shows apophony in pairs such as sing, sang and sung, or foot and feet. Linguists treat it as a pattern inherited from very ancient forms of the language.
How APOPHONY is used
A linguistics term, close in sense to ablaut.
- The change from sing to sang is a case of apophony.
- Apophony helps mark the plural in tooth and teeth.
- The lecturer explained apophony with several verbs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APOPHONY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in APOPHONY
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Common questions about APOPHONY
- Is APOPHONY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APOPHONY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APOPHONY worth?
- APOPHONY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APOPHONY mean?
- A change in a vowel inside a word that alters its grammatical meaning.
- What letters can be added to APOPHONY?
- No single letter can be added to APOPHONY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of APOPHONY:
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