PHYSIOGNOMY is a valid Scrabble word — 25 points
Yes. PHYSIOGNOMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 25 points in Scrabble and 26 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHYSIOGNOMY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHYSIOGNOMY is to know. It scores 25 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHYSIOGNOMY
No single letter turns PHYSIOGNOMY into another word.
How PHYSIOGNOMY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PHYSIOGNOMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PHYSIOGNOMY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PHYSIOGNOMY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The general look of a face, or the supposed art of judging character from facial features.
Physiognomy was once taken seriously as a science of reading personality in a face, and it is now regarded as a pseudoscience. The word can also describe the overall character of a landscape or place.
How PHYSIOGNOMY is used
Physiognomy is used in literature, history of ideas and descriptions of faces or places.
- The novelist described the stranger physiognomy in great detail.
- Nineteenth-century physiognomy claimed to judge character by the shape of the nose.
- The physiognomy of the old town has changed little.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHYSIOGNOMY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PHYSIOGNOMY
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Common questions about PHYSIOGNOMY
- Is PHYSIOGNOMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHYSIOGNOMY, where it scores 26 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHYSIOGNOMY worth?
- PHYSIOGNOMY is worth 25 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHYSIOGNOMY mean?
- The general look of a face, or the supposed art of judging character from facial features.
- What letters can be added to PHYSIOGNOMY?
- No single letter can be added to PHYSIOGNOMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PHYSIOGNOMY:
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