PHONON is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PHONON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHONON?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHONON is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHONON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
phononsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PHONON scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PHONON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 709,555.
What does PHONON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A quantum of vibrational energy in a solid, treated as a particle that carries heat and sound through a crystal.
Physicists use the phonon to describe how atoms in a regular lattice shake together in waves, each wave carrying a fixed packet of energy. The idea gives sound and heat in solids the same particle-style treatment that the photon gives to light. Phonons explain why some materials conduct heat well, and they also play a part in superconductivity.
How PHONON is used
A term from solid-state physics, rarely met outside science writing.
- Each phonon carries a tiny unit of vibrational energy.
- Heat moves through the diamond mostly by way of the phonon.
- The lecture compared a phonon with a photon.
- A single phonon can scatter an electron in the metal.
- Cooling the crystal reduces the number of phonon excitations.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHONON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PHONON
1 longer words begin with PHONON.
Shorter words from the letters in PHONON
Common questions about PHONON
- Is PHONON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHONON, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHONON worth?
- PHONON is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHONON mean?
- A quantum of vibrational energy in a solid, treated as a particle that carries heat and sound through a crystal.
- What letters can be added to PHONON?
- PHONON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PHONON:
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