PAPYRUS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PAPYRUS 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 PAPYRUS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PAPYRUS is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PAPYRUS
No single letter turns PAPYRUS into another word.
How PAPYRUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PAPYRUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,264 thousand.
What does PAPYRUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A tall water plant of the Nile region, or the paper-like writing material that ancient peoples made from its stems.
Thin strips of the stem were laid in crossing layers, pressed and dried to give a smooth sheet. Many surviving Egyptian texts are papyrus scrolls, and the word paper itself comes from it.
How PAPYRUS is used
Can name either the plant or the sheet; the plural is papyri or papyruses.
- The scribe unrolled the papyrus carefully.
- Tall stands of papyrus lined the riverbank.
- The papyrus recorded a loan of barley.
- Sheets of papyrus were glued into long rolls.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PAPYRUS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PAPYRUS
1 longer words begin with PAPYRUS.
Shorter words from the letters in PAPYRUS
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Common questions about PAPYRUS
- Is PAPYRUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PAPYRUS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PAPYRUS worth?
- PAPYRUS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PAPYRUS mean?
- A tall water plant of the Nile region, or the paper-like writing material that ancient peoples made from its stems.
- What letters can be added to PAPYRUS?
- No single letter can be added to PAPYRUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PAPYRUS:
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