BIPHENYL is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. BIPHENYL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIPHENYL?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIPHENYL is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIPHENYL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
biphenylsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIPHENYL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BIPHENYL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BIPHENYL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BIPHENYL
- All 8 letters of BIPHENYL are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BIPHENYL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A colourless crystalline compound made of two phenyl rings bonded together.
Biphenyl is used as a fungicide on citrus fruit packaging and as a heat-transfer fluid. Its chlorinated derivatives, the PCBs, became notorious as environmental pollutants.
How BIPHENYL is used
A chemistry term, also seen in industry and environmental reports.
- The fruit wrappers were treated with biphenyl.
- Biphenyl forms white crystals with a faint smell.
- PCBs are chlorinated forms of biphenyl.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIPHENYL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BIPHENYL
1 longer words begin with BIPHENYL.
Shorter words from the letters in BIPHENYL
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Common questions about BIPHENYL
- Is BIPHENYL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIPHENYL, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIPHENYL worth?
- BIPHENYL is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIPHENYL mean?
- A colourless crystalline compound made of two phenyl rings bonded together.
- What letters can be added to BIPHENYL?
- BIPHENYL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BIPHENYL:
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