PHRENSY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PHRENSY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHRENSY?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHRENSY is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHRENSY
No single letter turns PHRENSY into another word.
How PHRENSY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PHRENSY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,158 thousand.
What stands out about PHRENSY
- PHRENSY gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PHRENSY mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
An old spelling of frenzy, meaning wild and violent excitement or mental disturbance.
Phrensy keeps the Greek-style spelling that was common in older English before frenzy took over. Readers meet phrensy mostly in antique poems and novels.
How PHRENSY is used
Phrensy is an obsolete spelling found in older printed works.
- The poet wrote of a mad phrensy that seized the crowd.
- In a phrensy of grief, she tore the letter to pieces.
- The old edition prints phrensy where modern ones use frenzy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHRENSY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PHRENSY
1 longer words begin with PHRENSY.
Shorter words from the letters in PHRENSY
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Common questions about PHRENSY
- Is PHRENSY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHRENSY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHRENSY worth?
- PHRENSY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHRENSY mean?
- An old spelling of frenzy, meaning wild and violent excitement or mental disturbance.
- What letters can be added to PHRENSY?
- No single letter can be added to PHRENSY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PHRENSY:
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