PHAEOMELANIN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 19 points

It depends on the list you play by. PHAEOMELANIN 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 19 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.

Which word lists accept PHAEOMELANIN?

Word power: 34 / 100

Our own measure of how useful PHAEOMELANIN is to know. It scores 19 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for PHAEOMELANIN

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

How PHAEOMELANIN scores

Face value of the 12 tiles in PHAEOMELANIN, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

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

What stands out about PHAEOMELANIN

• PHAEOMELANIN runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words starting with PHAEOMELANIN

1 longer words begin with PHAEOMELANIN.

Shorter words from the letters in PHAEOMELANIN

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Common questions about PHAEOMELANIN

Is PHAEOMELANIN valid in Words with Friends?

No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PHAEOMELANIN is not in it.

How many points is PHAEOMELANIN worth?

PHAEOMELANIN is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to PHAEOMELANIN?

PHAEOMELANIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.