NYMPHAEA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 18 points

It depends on the list you play by. NYMPHAEA 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 18 points. Words with Friends does accept it.

Which word lists accept NYMPHAEA?

Word power: 47 / 100

Our own measure of how useful NYMPHAEA is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for NYMPHAEA

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How NYMPHAEA scores

Face value of the 8 tiles in NYMPHAEA, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

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

What stands out about NYMPHAEA

• NYMPHAEA runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words starting with NYMPHAEA

2 longer words begin with NYMPHAEA.

Shorter words from the letters in NYMPHAEA

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Common questions about NYMPHAEA

Is NYMPHAEA valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts NYMPHAEA, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is NYMPHAEA worth?

NYMPHAEA is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to NYMPHAEA?

NYMPHAEA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.