PHI is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PHI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHI?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHI is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PHI scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in PHI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does PHI mean in Scrabble?
noun
The twenty-first letter of the Greek alphabet, familiar outside Greek as the symbol for the golden ratio.
Phi carries a number as well as a sound: it is the symbol for the golden ratio, roughly 1.618, and that use is younger than most people assume — it dates only from 1909. In physics it usually stands for an angle or a flux, and the two conventions never meet on the same page.
How PHI is used
Countable: a phi, two phis.
- The golden ratio is written as a phi.
- A phi in that equation means an angle.
- Two phis on one diagram need distinguishing.
- The letter phi was given its numerical sense in 1909.
- He wrote a phi where the formula wanted a psi.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PHI
The 3 tiles of PHI in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PHI
Showing 24 of 175 words that begin with PHI.
Words ending in PHI
23 words end in PHI. Useful as a back hook: play PHI onto a word already on the board.
Words with PHI inside
Showing 24 of 1885 words that contain PHI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PHI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PHI
Common questions about PHI
- Is PHI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHI, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHI worth?
- PHI is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHI mean?
- The twenty-first letter of the Greek alphabet, familiar outside Greek as the symbol for the golden ratio.
- What letters can be added to PHI?
- PHI takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of PHI:
Open PHI in the Word Finder