PHREATIC is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PHREATIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHREATIC?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHREATIC is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHREATIC
No single letter turns PHREATIC into another word.
How PHREATIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PHREATIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PHREATIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PHREATIC
- All 8 letters of PHREATIC are different — nothing repeats.
- The same 8 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PHREATIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to groundwater held in the saturated zone beneath the water table.
Geologists speak of the phreatic zone as the layer of rock where every gap is filled with water. The word also describes a volcanic blast caused when groundwater flashes to steam, a violent but usually brief event.
How PHREATIC is used
Phreatic is used in hydrology and volcanology.
- The cave passage was flooded in the phreatic zone.
- A phreatic eruption threw ash and steam from the crater.
- Wells tap the phreatic water below the surface.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHREATIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PHREATIC
The 8 tiles of PHREATIC in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in PHREATIC
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Common questions about PHREATIC
- Is PHREATIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHREATIC, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHREATIC worth?
- PHREATIC is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHREATIC mean?
- Relating to groundwater held in the saturated zone beneath the water table.
- What letters can be added to PHREATIC?
- No single letter can be added to PHREATIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PHREATIC:
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