GEOPHAGY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. GEOPHAGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GEOPHAGY?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GEOPHAGY is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GEOPHAGY
No single letter turns GEOPHAGY into another word.
How GEOPHAGY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GEOPHAGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GEOPHAGY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GEOPHAGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The practice of eating earth, clay or chalk.
Geophagy is recorded in many societies and in some animals, which may eat soil for minerals. Researchers link it to nutrition, tradition and sometimes to illness. The word geophagia means the same thing.
How GEOPHAGY is used
Geophagy is a technical term in anthropology and medicine.
- The study looked at geophagy among pregnant women.
- Parrots practise geophagy at riverbank clay licks.
- Geophagy has been reported in many parts of the world.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GEOPHAGY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GEOPHAGY
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Common questions about GEOPHAGY
- Is GEOPHAGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GEOPHAGY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GEOPHAGY worth?
- GEOPHAGY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GEOPHAGY mean?
- The practice of eating earth, clay or chalk.
- What letters can be added to GEOPHAGY?
- No single letter can be added to GEOPHAGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GEOPHAGY:
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