PAPHIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PAPHIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PAPHIAN?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PAPHIAN is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PAPHIAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
paphiansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PAPHIAN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PAPHIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,117 thousand.
What does PAPHIAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Of or relating to Paphos in Cyprus, the city sacred to Aphrodite.
Poets used paphian to hint at the goddess of love and her cult, since her worship centred on that city. Today it is met chiefly in older verse and in classical writing.
How PAPHIAN is used
Found in literary and classical contexts, often capitalised.
- The poem invokes the paphian goddess of love.
- Ruins of the paphian temple still draw visitors to Cyprus.
- A paphian shrine stood above the sea.
- The scholar traced the paphian cult through ancient records.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PAPHIAN and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PAPHIAN
1 longer words begin with PAPHIAN.
Shorter words from the letters in PAPHIAN
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Common questions about PAPHIAN
- Is PAPHIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PAPHIAN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PAPHIAN worth?
- PAPHIAN is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PAPHIAN mean?
- Of or relating to Paphos in Cyprus, the city sacred to Aphrodite.
- What letters can be added to PAPHIAN?
- PAPHIAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PAPHIAN:
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