HYPOPHYSEAL is a valid Scrabble word — 27 points
Yes. HYPOPHYSEAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 27 points in Scrabble and 26 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HYPOPHYSEAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYPOPHYSEAL is to know. It scores 27 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYPOPHYSEAL
No single letter turns HYPOPHYSEAL into another word.
How HYPOPHYSEAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in HYPOPHYSEAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HYPOPHYSEAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HYPOPHYSEAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to the hypophysis, the pituitary gland at the base of the brain.
The hypophyseal region sits beneath the brain and controls many hormones that regulate growth and metabolism. Surgeons speak of a hypophyseal tumour when growths appear in that gland. The variant hypophysial means the same.
How HYPOPHYSEAL is used
Medical and anatomical term.
- The scan revealed a hypophyseal tumour near the base of the skull.
- Hypophyseal hormones influence growth and the thyroid.
- He studied the hypophyseal blood supply in anatomy class.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYPOPHYSEAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HYPOPHYSEAL
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Common questions about HYPOPHYSEAL
- Is HYPOPHYSEAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYPOPHYSEAL, where it scores 26 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYPOPHYSEAL worth?
- HYPOPHYSEAL is worth 27 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYPOPHYSEAL mean?
- Relating to the hypophysis, the pituitary gland at the base of the brain.
- What letters can be added to HYPOPHYSEAL?
- No single letter can be added to HYPOPHYSEAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of HYPOPHYSEAL:
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