GRAPHEME is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. GRAPHEME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GRAPHEME?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRAPHEME is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRAPHEME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
graphemesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GRAPHEME scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GRAPHEME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GRAPHEME has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GRAPHEME mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The smallest unit of a writing system that distinguishes one written word from another, such as a letter or a letter group.
Linguists separate the grapheme from the sound it stands for, the phoneme. In English the sound sh can be spelled with the graphemes sh, ti or ch, which is why spelling is hard to learn. Teachers of reading talk about graphemes constantly.
How GRAPHEME is used
Grapheme is a technical term used in linguistics and in teaching early reading.
- The word ship has four letters but only three graphemes.
- Each grapheme in the chart matches a sound.
- Children learn to link a grapheme with its phoneme.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRAPHEME and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GRAPHEME
1 longer words begin with GRAPHEME.
Shorter words from the letters in GRAPHEME
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Common questions about GRAPHEME
- Is GRAPHEME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRAPHEME, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRAPHEME worth?
- GRAPHEME is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRAPHEME mean?
- The smallest unit of a writing system that distinguishes one written word from another, such as a letter or a letter group.
- What letters can be added to GRAPHEME?
- GRAPHEME takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GRAPHEME:
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