PORPHYRIA is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. PORPHYRIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PORPHYRIA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PORPHYRIA is to know. It scores 19 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PORPHYRIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
porphyriasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PORPHYRIA scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PORPHYRIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PORPHYRIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PORPHYRIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
Any of a group of rare, usually inherited disorders in which the body fails to process the pigments used to make haemoglobin.
In porphyria, chemicals called porphyrins build up and may cause stomach pain, nerve trouble or skin that blisters in sunlight. Some historians have suggested that the illness of King George III was a form of it.
How PORPHYRIA is used
Used in medicine and in medical history.
- Doctors tested her urine for signs of porphyria.
- Attacks of porphyria can be triggered by certain drugs.
- The king's strange illness has been blamed on porphyria.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PORPHYRIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PORPHYRIA
1 longer words begin with PORPHYRIA.
Shorter words from the letters in PORPHYRIA
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Common questions about PORPHYRIA
- Is PORPHYRIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PORPHYRIA, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PORPHYRIA worth?
- PORPHYRIA is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PORPHYRIA mean?
- Any of a group of rare, usually inherited disorders in which the body fails to process the pigments used to make haemoglobin.
- What letters can be added to PORPHYRIA?
- PORPHYRIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PORPHYRIA:
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