PHYLUM is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PHYLUM 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 PHYLUM?
| 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 PHYLUM is to know. It scores 16 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 2.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHYLUM
No single letter turns PHYLUM into another word.
How PHYLUM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PHYLUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,656 thousand.
What stands out about PHYLUM
- PHYLUM 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 PHYLUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A major rank in the classification of living things, above class and below kingdom.
Every animal, such as a snail or a sponge, is placed in one phylum, which gathers together creatures built on a shared basic body plan. Linguists borrow the same word for a very broad grouping of languages whose relationship is only loosely established.
How PHYLUM is used
Used in biology and, by extension, in the study of language families; the plural is phyla.
- Insects belong to the largest phylum in the animal kingdom.
- Each phylum is divided into several classes.
- The linguist proposed a new phylum linking the two families.
- Students learned to name the phylum of every specimen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHYLUM and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PHYLUM
Common questions about PHYLUM
- Is PHYLUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHYLUM, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHYLUM worth?
- PHYLUM is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHYLUM mean?
- A major rank in the classification of living things, above class and below kingdom.
- What letters can be added to PHYLUM?
- No single letter can be added to PHYLUM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PHYLUM:
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