NEPHRON is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. NEPHRON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NEPHRON?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NEPHRON is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEPHRON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nephronsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NEPHRON scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in NEPHRON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 463,182.
What stands out about NEPHRON
- NEPHRON begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NEPHRON mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
One of the tiny filtering units in the kidney that clean the blood and form urine.
Each human kidney holds around a million nephrons, and each combines a filter called a glomerulus with a long tubule. Damage to nephrons is not repaired, which is why kidney disease is serious.
How NEPHRON is used
Nephron is a standard anatomy and medical term for the working unit of the kidney.
- Each nephron filters fluid from the blood.
- Doctors measured how many nephron units still worked after the injury.
- The biology class drew a diagram of a single nephron.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEPHRON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NEPHRON
1 longer words begin with NEPHRON.
Shorter words from the letters in NEPHRON
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Common questions about NEPHRON
- Is NEPHRON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEPHRON, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEPHRON worth?
- NEPHRON is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEPHRON mean?
- One of the tiny filtering units in the kidney that clean the blood and form urine.
- What letters can be added to NEPHRON?
- NEPHRON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of NEPHRON:
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