PHOTON is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PHOTON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHOTON?
| 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 PHOTON 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 PHOTON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
photonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PHOTON scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PHOTON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 295,648.
What does PHOTON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The smallest packet of light or other electromagnetic radiation, which has energy but no mass.
A photon is the particle side of light: it travels at the speed of light, and its energy depends on its frequency, so a blue photon carries more than a red one. Einstein used the idea in 1905 to explain why light can knock electrons out of metal. Every lamp, screen and sunbeam is, at bottom, a stream of photons.
How PHOTON is used
Standard physics vocabulary, also common in popular science.
- A single photon struck the detector.
- The sensor can register one photon at a time.
- Solar panels turn each photon into a small electric push.
- Which photon carries more energy, the red one or the violet one?
- The telescope gathered every photon from the faint galaxy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHOTON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PHOTON
12 longer words begin with PHOTON.
Shorter words from the letters in PHOTON
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Common questions about PHOTON
- Is PHOTON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHOTON, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHOTON worth?
- PHOTON is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHOTON mean?
- The smallest packet of light or other electromagnetic radiation, which has energy but no mass.
- What letters can be added to PHOTON?
- PHOTON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PHOTON:
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