DAPHNE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DAPHNE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DAPHNE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DAPHNE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DAPHNE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
daphnesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DAPHNE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DAPHNE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does DAPHNE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
Any of a group of small, shiny-leaved shrubs grown for their very fragrant clusters of flowers.
A daphne flowers in late winter or early spring, and their scent can fill a whole garden on a still day. The plants are fussy about drainage and dislike being moved, so gardeners tend to choose a spot once and leave them there. All parts are poisonous, and the berries are especially dangerous to children and pets. The name comes from the Greek word for laurel, because the leaves of some kinds look like bay leaves.
How DAPHNE is used
A gardening term; the same word is also a girl's name and the nymph of Greek myth, which are separate senses.
- A single daphne by the front door scented the whole path in February.
- The nursery sold a pink-flowered daphne in a small pot.
- Gardeners warn that the daphne is toxic if its berries are eaten.
- She planted a daphne near the window so the fragrance would drift indoors.
- Our old daphne died suddenly, as these shrubs often do.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DAPHNE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DAPHNE
1 longer words begin with DAPHNE.
Shorter words from the letters in DAPHNE
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Common questions about DAPHNE
- Is DAPHNE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DAPHNE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DAPHNE worth?
- DAPHNE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DAPHNE mean?
- Any of a group of small, shiny-leaved shrubs grown for their very fragrant clusters of flowers.
- What letters can be added to DAPHNE?
- DAPHNE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DAPHNE:
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