PHENOXY is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. PHENOXY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHENOXY?
| 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: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHENOXY is to know. It scores 22 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHENOXY
No single letter turns PHENOXY into another word.
How PHENOXY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PHENOXY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,474 thousand.
What does PHENOXY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Containing a group formed from phenol by the loss of a hydrogen atom, attached through oxygen.
Phenoxy turns up in names of resins, herbicides and other synthetic compounds. It tells a chemist which part of the molecule carries the ring joined by an oxygen link.
How PHENOXY is used
Phenoxy is a chemistry modifier placed before a noun such as resin, acid or herbicide.
- The factory made a tough phenoxy resin for coatings.
- A phenoxy herbicide was sprayed on the lawn weeds.
- The phenoxy group is shown at the left of the structure.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHENOXY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PHENOXY
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Common questions about PHENOXY
- Is PHENOXY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHENOXY, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHENOXY worth?
- PHENOXY is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHENOXY mean?
- Containing a group formed from phenol by the loss of a hydrogen atom, attached through oxygen.
- What letters can be added to PHENOXY?
- No single letter can be added to PHENOXY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PHENOXY:
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