NYMPHOLEPSY is a valid Scrabble word — 26 points
Yes. NYMPHOLEPSY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 26 points in Scrabble and 28 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NYMPHOLEPSY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NYMPHOLEPSY is to know. It scores 26 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NYMPHOLEPSY
No single letter turns NYMPHOLEPSY into another word.
How NYMPHOLEPSY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in NYMPHOLEPSY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NYMPHOLEPSY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NYMPHOLEPSY mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryrare
A wild frenzy of feeling, or a longing for something out of reach.
In ancient belief, nympholepsy was a trance seized upon anyone who glimpsed a nymph. Later writers turned the word into a figure of speech for an obsessive yearning that reason cannot control.
How NYMPHOLEPSY is used
Nympholepsy is a rare literary word, found in old poetry and scholarly essays.
- The poet described his nympholepsy as a burning thirst for beauty.
- Ancient writers feared the nympholepsy that followed a vision of the spring goddess.
- Her nympholepsy for the perfect melody never faded.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NYMPHOLEPSY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NYMPHOLEPSY
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Common questions about NYMPHOLEPSY
- Is NYMPHOLEPSY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NYMPHOLEPSY, where it scores 28 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NYMPHOLEPSY worth?
- NYMPHOLEPSY is worth 26 points in Scrabble and 28 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NYMPHOLEPSY mean?
- A wild frenzy of feeling, or a longing for something out of reach.
- What letters can be added to NYMPHOLEPSY?
- No single letter can be added to NYMPHOLEPSY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of NYMPHOLEPSY:
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