PHOTOTUBE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PHOTOTUBE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHOTOTUBE?
| 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 PHOTOTUBE is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHOTOTUBE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
phototubesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PHOTOTUBE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PHOTOTUBE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PHOTOTUBE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PHOTOTUBE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A sealed vacuum or gas-filled tube in which light striking a metal surface frees electrons that carry a current to a second electrode.
The phototube belongs to the older generation of light detectors, built long before small solid-state sensors appeared. It is mostly met today in the history of sound film and early measuring instruments.
How PHOTOTUBE is used
Found in physics and electronics texts describing early light-sensing equipment.
- Early cinema read the soundtrack on film with a phototube.
- The old spectrometer used a phototube to measure faint light.
- A museum display showed a glass phototube beside a modern sensor chip.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHOTOTUBE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PHOTOTUBE
1 longer words begin with PHOTOTUBE.
Shorter words from the letters in PHOTOTUBE
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Common questions about PHOTOTUBE
- Is PHOTOTUBE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHOTOTUBE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHOTOTUBE worth?
- PHOTOTUBE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHOTOTUBE mean?
- A sealed vacuum or gas-filled tube in which light striking a metal surface frees electrons that carry a current to a second electrode.
- What letters can be added to PHOTOTUBE?
- PHOTOTUBE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PHOTOTUBE:
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