PHOSPHORYL is a valid Scrabble word — 23 points
Yes. PHOSPHORYL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHOSPHORYL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHOSPHORYL is to know. It scores 23 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHOSPHORYL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
phosphorylsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PHOSPHORYL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PHOSPHORYL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PHOSPHORYL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PHOSPHORYL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A chemical group made of phosphorus bonded to oxygen, found as a building block in many compounds.
Chemists use phosphoryl mainly as a prefix-like name for the group in a larger molecule. It matters in biology because attaching such groups helps switch proteins on and off.
How PHOSPHORYL is used
Appears in chemistry and biochemistry, mostly in compound names such as phosphoryl chloride.
- The phosphoryl group was attached to the sugar.
- Textbooks describe phosphoryl transfer in energy reactions.
- The compound contains a single phosphoryl unit.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHOSPHORYL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PHOSPHORYL
9 longer words begin with PHOSPHORYL.
Shorter words from the letters in PHOSPHORYL
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Common questions about PHOSPHORYL
- Is PHOSPHORYL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHOSPHORYL, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHOSPHORYL worth?
- PHOSPHORYL is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHOSPHORYL mean?
- A chemical group made of phosphorus bonded to oxygen, found as a building block in many compounds.
- What letters can be added to PHOSPHORYL?
- PHOSPHORYL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PHOSPHORYL:
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