ASPHODEL is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ASPHODEL 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.
Which word lists accept ASPHODEL?
| 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 ASPHODEL is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASPHODEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
asphodelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ASPHODEL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ASPHODEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ASPHODEL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ASPHODEL
- All 8 letters of ASPHODEL are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ASPHODEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A hardy perennial plant of the lily family with slender leaves and spikes of white or yellow flowers.
Beyond the garden, asphodel has a place in Greek myth, where meadows of it covered the fields of the dead. That is why poets use the word for a flower of the afterlife.
How ASPHODEL is used
Used in botany for the plant itself and in literature for the legendary asphodel of the underworld.
- A clump of asphodel flowered beside the dry stone wall.
- The shades wandered through fields of asphodel.
- She planted asphodel along the sunny border.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASPHODEL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ASPHODEL
The 8 tiles of ASPHODEL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ASPHODEL
1 longer words begin with ASPHODEL.
Shorter words from the letters in ASPHODEL
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Common questions about ASPHODEL
- Is ASPHODEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASPHODEL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASPHODEL worth?
- ASPHODEL is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASPHODEL mean?
- A hardy perennial plant of the lily family with slender leaves and spikes of white or yellow flowers.
- What letters can be added to ASPHODEL?
- ASPHODEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ASPHODEL:
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