HYPHY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 19 points
It depends on the list you play by. HYPHY 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 accept it.
Which word lists accept HYPHY?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYPHY is to know. It scores 19 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 2.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYPHY
No single letter turns HYPHY into another word.
How HYPHY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HYPHY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 37,644 thousand.
What stands out about HYPHY
- HYPHY scores 19 points, more than twice the average for a 5-letter word (9.2).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HYPHY mean in Scrabble?
noun
slangNorth American
A style of fast, energetic hip-hop music that originated in the San Francisco Bay Area, along with its associated hyperactive style of dancing.
Hyphy describes both the music genre itself and the excited, high-energy behavior and dance moves that go with it. The word grew out of local Bay Area slang in the early 2000s.
How HYPHY is used
Regional American slang term, most familiar from Bay Area hip-hop culture and music journalism.
- The local radio station played hyphy tracks all afternoon.
- Fans of hyphy know the dance moves that go with the music.
- The documentary traces how hyphy grew out of Bay Area clubs.
- He described the party atmosphere as pure hyphy energy.
- Critics wrote about hyphy as one of the decade's most energetic music scenes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYPHY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words with HYPHY inside
2 words contain HYPHY in the middle. Words that start with HYPHY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HYPHY
Common questions about HYPHY
- Is HYPHY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYPHY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYPHY worth?
- HYPHY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYPHY mean?
- A style of fast, energetic hip-hop music that originated in the San Francisco Bay Area, along with its associated hyperactive style of dancing.
- What letters can be added to HYPHY?
- No single letter can be added to HYPHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HYPHY:
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