EPIPHYSEAL is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. EPIPHYSEAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EPIPHYSEAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EPIPHYSEAL is to know. It scores 20 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EPIPHYSEAL
No single letter turns EPIPHYSEAL into another word.
How EPIPHYSEAL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in EPIPHYSEAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EPIPHYSEAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does EPIPHYSEAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to the epiphysis, the end part of a long bone that grows separately from the shaft.
The epiphyseal plate is the zone of growing cartilage where a child's bones lengthen. Doctors look at it on X-rays to judge age and to spot fractures that could affect growth.
How EPIPHYSEAL is used
Epiphyseal is an anatomical term, and the variant epiphysial is rarer.
- The X-ray showed an epiphyseal fracture in the wrist.
- The epiphyseal plate closes at the end of puberty.
- Epiphyseal growth continues through childhood.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EPIPHYSEAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EPIPHYSEAL
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Common questions about EPIPHYSEAL
- Is EPIPHYSEAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EPIPHYSEAL, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EPIPHYSEAL worth?
- EPIPHYSEAL is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EPIPHYSEAL mean?
- Relating to the epiphysis, the end part of a long bone that grows separately from the shaft.
- What letters can be added to EPIPHYSEAL?
- No single letter can be added to EPIPHYSEAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of EPIPHYSEAL:
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