PHLEGMY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. PHLEGMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHLEGMY?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHLEGMY is to know. It scores 18 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHLEGMY
No single letter turns PHLEGMY into another word.
How PHLEGMY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PHLEGMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,948 thousand.
What stands out about PHLEGMY
- PHLEGMY gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PHLEGMY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Full of or producing thick mucus from the throat and chest.
Phlegmy is mostly used to describe a cough, a throat or a voice when someone has a cold. It carries a rather unpleasant picture and is seldom used in polite description.
How PHLEGMY is used
Phlegmy describes coughs, throats and voices clogged with mucus.
- He woke with a phlegmy cough that lasted all morning.
- A phlegmy throat made the singer clear his voice twice.
- The doctor asked whether the cough was dry or phlegmy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHLEGMY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PHLEGMY
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Common questions about PHLEGMY
- Is PHLEGMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHLEGMY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHLEGMY worth?
- PHLEGMY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHLEGMY mean?
- Full of or producing thick mucus from the throat and chest.
- What letters can be added to PHLEGMY?
- No single letter can be added to PHLEGMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PHLEGMY:
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