NYMPHEAN is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. NYMPHEAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NYMPHEAN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NYMPHEAN is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NYMPHEAN
No single letter turns NYMPHEAN into another word.
How NYMPHEAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NYMPHEAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NYMPHEAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about NYMPHEAN
- NYMPHEAN 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 NYMPHEAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Relating to nymphs, or suited to or inhabited by them.
Poets reach for nymphean when a grotto, spring or grove should feel enchanted and a little wild. The word nymphean carries a faint classical colour and is rare enough that most readers will take it as deliberate ornament.
How NYMPHEAN is used
Appears in poetry and elevated prose to describe places or beauty linked to mythical nymphs.
- They rested in a nymphean cave where a spring trickled over green stone.
- The painter gave the pond a nymphean calm.
- A nymphean music seemed to drift from the reeds at dusk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NYMPHEAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NYMPHEAN
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Common questions about NYMPHEAN
- Is NYMPHEAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NYMPHEAN, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NYMPHEAN worth?
- NYMPHEAN is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NYMPHEAN mean?
- Relating to nymphs, or suited to or inhabited by them.
- What letters can be added to NYMPHEAN?
- No single letter can be added to NYMPHEAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NYMPHEAN:
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