ASPHYXY is a valid Scrabble word — 25 points
Yes. ASPHYXY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 25 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ASPHYXY?
| 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: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASPHYXY is to know. It scores 25 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASPHYXY
No single letter turns ASPHYXY into another word.
How ASPHYXY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ASPHYXY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 111,164 thousand.
What stands out about ASPHYXY
- ASPHYXY gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
- ASPHYXY scores 25 points, more than twice the average for a 7-letter word (11.8).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ASPHYXY mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A condition in which the body is starved of oxygen, as in suffocation or drowning.
Asphyxy is an older and rarer relative of asphyxia, both naming the loss of breathing that can end in unconsciousness or death. Writers of medical history sometimes still prefer the shorter spelling.
How ASPHYXY is used
Used rarely in medical or older writing for suffocation.
- The report listed asphyxy as the cause of the accident.
- Fumes in the closed cellar led to asphyxy.
- Asphyxy can follow when the airway is blocked.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASPHYXY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ASPHYXY
1 longer words begin with ASPHYXY.
Shorter words from the letters in ASPHYXY
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Common questions about ASPHYXY
- Is ASPHYXY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASPHYXY, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASPHYXY worth?
- ASPHYXY is worth 25 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASPHYXY mean?
- A condition in which the body is starved of oxygen, as in suffocation or drowning.
- What letters can be added to ASPHYXY?
- No single letter can be added to ASPHYXY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ASPHYXY:
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