PHYLON is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PHYLON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHYLON?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHYLON is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHYLON
No single letter turns PHYLON into another word.
How PHYLON scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PHYLON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 776,076.
What stands out about PHYLON
- PHYLON gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PHYLON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A group of organisms or people that share a common line of descent.
Phylon is a rare biological term for a stock or race sharing ancestry. It sits close in meaning to phylum but stresses descent rather than body plan.
How PHYLON is used
Phylon is seldom used outside older scientific writing.
- The author traced each phylon back to a common ancestor.
- A single phylon may include many tribes.
- The word phylon appears in older anthropology texts.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHYLON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PHYLON
Common questions about PHYLON
- Is PHYLON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHYLON, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHYLON worth?
- PHYLON is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHYLON mean?
- A group of organisms or people that share a common line of descent.
- What letters can be added to PHYLON?
- No single letter can be added to PHYLON to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PHYLON:
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