NYMPH is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. NYMPH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NYMPH?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NYMPH is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 2.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NYMPH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NYMPH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NYMPH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 784,245.
What does NYMPH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A minor nature spirit of classical mythology imagined as a young woman, or the immature stage of certain insects.
In Greek and Roman mythology a nymph was believed to inhabit a particular place, such as a river, mountain or grove, and was pictured as a beautiful young woman rather than a powerful god. The word later passed into biology, where a nymph is the young form of insects such as grasshoppers or dragonflies, which resembles a small wingless version of the adult. Anglers also use nymph for artificial fishing flies tied to imitate this immature insect stage.
How NYMPH is used
Common in both literary and scientific contexts; the mythological and biological senses are equally standard.
- The painting showed a river nymph resting among the reeds.
- A dragonfly nymph lives underwater before it grows wings.
- The angler tied a small nymph to imitate a mayfly.
- Ancient poets often wrote of a nymph living by the forest spring.
- The grasshopper nymph moulted several times before reaching adulthood.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NYMPH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NYMPH
Showing 24 of 38 words that begin with NYMPH.
Words ending in NYMPH
1 words end in NYMPH. Useful as a back hook: play NYMPH onto a word already on the board.
Words with NYMPH inside
1 words contain NYMPH in the middle. Words that start with NYMPH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NYMPH
Common questions about NYMPH
- Is NYMPH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NYMPH, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NYMPH worth?
- NYMPH is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NYMPH mean?
- A minor nature spirit of classical mythology imagined as a young woman, or the immature stage of certain insects.
- What letters can be added to NYMPH?
- NYMPH takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NYMPH:
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