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PETRICHOR is valid in Collins, not in North America — 16 points

It depends on the list you play by. PETRICHOR is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 16 points. Words with Friends does accept it.

p3e1t1r1i1c3h4o1r1
Depends on the listPETRICHOR · 9 letters · 16 pts Scrabble · 17 pts WWF
16points in Scrabble
17points in Words with Friends
9letters
1hook available

Which word lists accept PETRICHOR?

Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, ThailandNot listed
Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, ThailandNot listed
Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countriesValid
Words with FriendsZynga word listValid

Word power: 33 / 100

33WORD POWER
Points per tile 35%
1.78
Hooks 25%
1
Bingo potential 20%
no
Tile availability 20%
5.89%

Our own measure of how useful PETRICHOR is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for PETRICHOR

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

petrichors17

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How PETRICHOR scores

Scrabble p3e1t1r1i1c3h4o1r1 16
Words with Friends p4e1t1r1i1c4h3o1r1 17

Face value of the 9 tiles in PETRICHOR, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

LetterNeededIn the bag
p12
e112
t16
r26
i19
c12
h12
o18

Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PETRICHOR has to be built on the board across turns.

Anagrams of PETRICHOR

chiropter16

The 9 tiles of PETRICHOR in a different order — 1 found.

Words starting with PETRICHOR

petrichors17

1 longer words begin with PETRICHOR.

Shorter words from the letters in PETRICHOR

phoretic15 rhetoric13 torchier13 chirper14 pitcher14 potcher14 potiche14 trophic14 chorrie12 ochrier12 richter12 rotchie12 theoric12 torcher12 porrect11 pteroic11 heritor10 pierrot9 portier9 preriot9 ceriph13 cipher13 orphic13 photic13 potche13 rechip13 chirre11 cither11 coheir11 ephori11 hector11 heroic11 ophite11 pother11 rhotic11 richer11 rochet11 rotche11 thoric11 thorpe11

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Common questions about PETRICHOR

Is PETRICHOR valid in Words with Friends?
Yes. Words with Friends accepts PETRICHOR, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is PETRICHOR worth?
PETRICHOR is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to PETRICHOR?
PETRICHOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PETRICHOR:

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