PHO is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PHO 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 PHO?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHO is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PHO scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in PHO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,053.
What stands out about PHO
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PHO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A Vietnamese soup of rice noodles in a clear beef or chicken broth.
Pho is judged on the broth alone: bones, charred ginger and onion, star anise and cinnamon, held below a boil for hours so that it stays clear. Everything else arrives on a side plate and goes in at the table, which is why two bowls from the same kitchen can end up tasting nothing alike. The name is said closer to fuh than to foe.
How PHO is used
Usually uncountable — a bowl of pho — though a menu will offer two phos without apology.
- They queue from seven for pho and the pot is empty by ten.
- A bowl of pho costs less than the coffee next door.
- The pho came with a plate of leaves and a wedge of lime.
- He judges every new place by its pho and nothing else.
- Good pho takes a day to make and ten minutes to eat.
- She learned to say pho properly before she learned to cook it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHO and 6 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PHO
The 3 tiles of PHO in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PHO
Showing 24 of 787 words that begin with PHO.
Words ending in PHO
4 words end in PHO. Useful as a back hook: play PHO onto a word already on the board.
Words with PHO inside
Showing 24 of 1454 words that contain PHO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PHO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PHO
Common questions about PHO
- Is PHO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHO, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHO worth?
- PHO is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHO mean?
- A Vietnamese soup of rice noodles in a clear beef or chicken broth.
- What letters can be added to PHO?
- PHO takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of PHO:
Open PHO in the Word Finder