EMPHLYSES is valid in Collins, not in North America — 19 points
It depends on the list you play by. EMPHLYSES is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 19 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
e1m3p3h4l1y4s1e1s1
Depends on the listEMPHLYSES · 9 letters · 19 pts Scrabble · 20 pts WWF
19points in Scrabble
20points in Words with Friends
9letters
0hooks available
Which word lists accept EMPHLYSES?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 31 / 100
31WORD POWER
Points per tile 35%2.11
Hooks 25%0
Bingo potential 20%no
Tile availability 20%4.89%
Our own measure of how useful EMPHLYSES is to know. It scores 19 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EMPHLYSES
No single letter turns EMPHLYSES into another word.
How EMPHLYSES scores
Scrabble e1m3p3h4l1y4s1e1s1 19
Words with Friends e1m4p4h3l2y3s1e1s1 20
Face value of the 9 tiles in EMPHLYSES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EMPHLYSES has to be built on the board across turns.
Shorter words from the letters in EMPHLYSES
phyleses16 pleshes12 lymphs16 physes14 sheepy14 sylphs14 meshes11 peyses11 pheses11 seemly11 shleps11 sleepy11 slypes11 semple10 sheels9 mesels8 sleeps8 speels8 hempy15 lymph15 hypes13 meshy13 phyle13 sylph13 syphs13 hemps12 ympes12 hyles11 yeesh11 helms10 helps10 hemes10 hesps10 lymes10 messy10 peyse10 phese10 plesh10 seepy10 sheep10
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Common questions about EMPHLYSES
- Is EMPHLYSES valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and EMPHLYSES is not in it.
- How many points is EMPHLYSES worth?
- EMPHLYSES is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What letters can be added to EMPHLYSES?
- No single letter can be added to EMPHLYSES to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of EMPHLYSES:
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