PHORESY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PHORESY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHORESY?
| 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 PHORESY is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHORESY
No single letter turns PHORESY into another word.
How PHORESY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PHORESY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 868,466.
What does PHORESY mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A relationship in which a small animal clings to a larger one to be carried from place to place, without harming it.
Phoresy is a form of hitchhiking in nature, as when mites ride on beetles or flies to reach fresh food. The carrier is neither fed on nor helped, which separates phoresy from parasitism.
How PHORESY is used
Phoresy is a technical word from biology and ecology.
- Mites use phoresy to travel on the bodies of beetles.
- Phoresy lets tiny animals reach new habitats quickly.
- The study described phoresy among pseudoscorpions and flies.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHORESY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PHORESY
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Common questions about PHORESY
- Is PHORESY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHORESY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHORESY worth?
- PHORESY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHORESY mean?
- A relationship in which a small animal clings to a larger one to be carried from place to place, without harming it.
- What letters can be added to PHORESY?
- No single letter can be added to PHORESY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PHORESY:
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