PHENYTOIN is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. PHENYTOIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHENYTOIN?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHENYTOIN is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHENYTOIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
phenytoinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PHENYTOIN scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PHENYTOIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PHENYTOIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PHENYTOIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A drug used to control seizures in people with epilepsy.
Phenytoin has been prescribed for decades and works by calming overactive electrical signals in the brain. Doctors monitor the blood level carefully because the safe dose range is narrow.
How PHENYTOIN is used
Found in medical and pharmacy texts, usually with dose, level or treatment.
- The patient was started on phenytoin after the second seizure.
- Blood tests showed the phenytoin level was too high.
- Phenytoin is one of the older anticonvulsant medicines.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHENYTOIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PHENYTOIN
1 longer words begin with PHENYTOIN.
Shorter words from the letters in PHENYTOIN
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Common questions about PHENYTOIN
- Is PHENYTOIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHENYTOIN, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHENYTOIN worth?
- PHENYTOIN is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHENYTOIN mean?
- A drug used to control seizures in people with epilepsy.
- What letters can be added to PHENYTOIN?
- PHENYTOIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PHENYTOIN:
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