HEBEPHRENIC is a valid Scrabble word — 23 points
Yes. HEBEPHRENIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEBEPHRENIC?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEBEPHRENIC is to know. It scores 23 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEBEPHRENIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hebephrenicsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HEBEPHRENIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in HEBEPHRENIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HEBEPHRENIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HEBEPHRENIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medicaltechnical
Relating to a form of schizophrenia that begins in youth and shows disordered thought and silly or inappropriate behaviour.
Hebephrenic is an older psychiatric label, now usually replaced by the term disorganized schizophrenia. A hebephrenic patient was described as laughing without cause and speaking incoherently. The word can also name the patient, as a noun.
How HEBEPHRENIC is used
Dated medical term, found mainly in older psychiatry texts.
- The old textbook described a hebephrenic type of illness.
- Doctors once diagnosed him as hebephrenic.
- Hebephrenic symptoms often appear in the late teens.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEBEPHRENIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HEBEPHRENIC
1 longer words begin with HEBEPHRENIC.
Shorter words from the letters in HEBEPHRENIC
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Common questions about HEBEPHRENIC
- Is HEBEPHRENIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEBEPHRENIC, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEBEPHRENIC worth?
- HEBEPHRENIC is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEBEPHRENIC mean?
- Relating to a form of schizophrenia that begins in youth and shows disordered thought and silly or inappropriate behaviour.
- What letters can be added to HEBEPHRENIC?
- HEBEPHRENIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of HEBEPHRENIC:
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