PARAPHYSIS is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. PARAPHYSIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARAPHYSIS?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARAPHYSIS is to know. It scores 20 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARAPHYSIS
No single letter turns PARAPHYSIS into another word.
How PARAPHYSIS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PARAPHYSIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PARAPHYSIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PARAPHYSIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A sterile hairlike filament found among the reproductive organs of mosses, algae and fungi.
Under a microscope a paraphysis shows up as a slim thread standing between spore-bearing structures. Biologists think such filaments protect the reproductive parts or help keep them moist. The plural, paraphyses, is the form most often met in textbooks.
How PARAPHYSIS is used
Found in botany and mycology.
- Each paraphysis lay between the spore sacs of the fungus.
- The slide clearly showed a paraphysis beside the sporangium.
- A single paraphysis may be branched or unbranched.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARAPHYSIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PARAPHYSIS
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Common questions about PARAPHYSIS
- Is PARAPHYSIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARAPHYSIS, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARAPHYSIS worth?
- PARAPHYSIS is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARAPHYSIS mean?
- A sterile hairlike filament found among the reproductive organs of mosses, algae and fungi.
- What letters can be added to PARAPHYSIS?
- No single letter can be added to PARAPHYSIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PARAPHYSIS:
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