PHOTOPLAY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. PHOTOPLAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHOTOPLAY?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHOTOPLAY is to know. It scores 19 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHOTOPLAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
photoplaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PHOTOPLAY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PHOTOPLAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PHOTOPLAY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PHOTOPLAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaichistorical
An old-fashioned name for a motion picture that tells a story, especially a silent film.
In the early days of cinema, a photoplay was advertised as a play captured on film. Magazines of that era even took the word as a title, and today it mostly survives in film history.
How PHOTOPLAY is used
Dated word, now used mainly when discussing early cinema.
- The cinema advertised a new photoplay starring a famous comedian.
- Every photoplay of the period came with a live piano accompaniment.
- She collected magazines that reviewed each photoplay of the 1920s.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHOTOPLAY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PHOTOPLAY
1 longer words begin with PHOTOPLAY.
Shorter words from the letters in PHOTOPLAY
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Common questions about PHOTOPLAY
- Is PHOTOPLAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHOTOPLAY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHOTOPLAY worth?
- PHOTOPLAY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHOTOPLAY mean?
- An old-fashioned name for a motion picture that tells a story, especially a silent film.
- What letters can be added to PHOTOPLAY?
- PHOTOPLAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PHOTOPLAY:
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