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METENCEPHALONS is valid in Collins, not in North America — 23 points

It depends on the list you play by. METENCEPHALONS 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 23 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.

m3e1t1e1n1c3e1p3h4a1l1o1n1s1
Depends on the listMETENCEPHALONS · 14 letters · 23 pts Scrabble · 28 pts WWF
23points in Scrabble
28points in Words with Friends
14letters
0hooks available

Which word lists accept METENCEPHALONS?

Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, ThailandNot listed
Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, ThailandNot listed
Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countriesValid
Words with FriendsZynga word listNot listed

Word power: 30 / 100

30WORD POWER
Points per tile 35%
1.64
Hooks 25%
0
Bingo potential 20%
no
Tile availability 20%
6.21%

Our own measure of how useful METENCEPHALONS is to know. It scores 23 from 14 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for METENCEPHALONS

No single letter turns METENCEPHALONS into another word.

How METENCEPHALONS scores

Scrabble m3e1t1e1n1c3e1p3h4a1l1o1n1s1 23
Words with Friends m4e1t1e1n2c4e1p4h3a1l2o1n2s1 28

Face value of the 14 tiles in METENCEPHALONS, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

LetterNeededIn the bag
m12
e312
t16
n26
c12
p12
h12
a19
l14
o18
s14

Longer than a 7-tile rack, so METENCEPHALONS has to be built on the board across turns.

Shorter words from the letters in METENCEPHALONS

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Common questions about METENCEPHALONS

Is METENCEPHALONS valid in Words with Friends?
No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and METENCEPHALONS is not in it.
How many points is METENCEPHALONS worth?
METENCEPHALONS is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 28 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to METENCEPHALONS?
No single letter can be added to METENCEPHALONS to make another word.

Every word you can build from the 14 letters of METENCEPHALONS:

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