HYPOPHARYNX is a valid Scrabble word — 34 points
Yes. HYPOPHARYNX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 34 points in Scrabble and 33 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HYPOPHARYNX?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYPOPHARYNX is to know. It scores 34 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYPOPHARYNX
No single letter turns HYPOPHARYNX into another word.
How HYPOPHARYNX scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in HYPOPHARYNX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HYPOPHARYNX has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HYPOPHARYNX mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A tongue-like lobe on the floor of the mouth of many insects.
Among the mouthparts of an insect, the hypopharynx sits between the jaws and helps carry saliva or food. In anatomy the same word can also mean the lowest part of the throat.
How HYPOPHARYNX is used
Specialist term in entomology and anatomy.
- Under the microscope the hypopharynx lay just behind the jaws of the beetle.
- Saliva flows along a channel in the hypopharynx.
- The textbook labels the hypopharynx in a diagram of a bee's head.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYPOPHARYNX and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HYPOPHARYNX
1 longer words begin with HYPOPHARYNX.
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Common questions about HYPOPHARYNX
- Is HYPOPHARYNX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYPOPHARYNX, where it scores 33 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYPOPHARYNX worth?
- HYPOPHARYNX is worth 34 points in Scrabble and 33 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYPOPHARYNX mean?
- A tongue-like lobe on the floor of the mouth of many insects.
- What letters can be added to HYPOPHARYNX?
- No single letter can be added to HYPOPHARYNX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of HYPOPHARYNX:
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