PHYTOL is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PHYTOL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHYTOL?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHYTOL is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHYTOL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
phytolsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PHYTOL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PHYTOL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 776,076.
What stands out about PHYTOL
- PHYTOL 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 PHYTOL mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A colourless oily alcohol obtained from chlorophyll and used to make vitamins E and K.
Phytol forms the long tail of the chlorophyll molecule, so it is released when chlorophyll breaks down. Industry uses it as a starting material in vitamin synthesis.
How PHYTOL is used
Phytol is a chemistry term found in biochemical and industrial texts.
- The lab extracted phytol from spinach leaves.
- Phytol is a building block for vitamin E.
- Digesting chlorophyll in the gut can free phytol.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHYTOL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PHYTOL
9 longer words begin with PHYTOL.
Shorter words from the letters in PHYTOL
Common questions about PHYTOL
- Is PHYTOL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHYTOL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHYTOL worth?
- PHYTOL is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHYTOL mean?
- A colourless oily alcohol obtained from chlorophyll and used to make vitamins E and K.
- What letters can be added to PHYTOL?
- PHYTOL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PHYTOL:
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