PORPHYRY is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. PORPHYRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PORPHYRY?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PORPHYRY is to know. It scores 21 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PORPHYRY
No single letter turns PORPHYRY into another word.
How PORPHYRY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PORPHYRY, 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 | 2 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PORPHYRY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PORPHYRY
- PORPHYRY gets by on a single vowel across 8 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PORPHYRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A hard igneous rock with large crystals set in a fine-grained mass, often reddish or purple and prized for sculpture and building.
Ancient rulers favoured purple porphyry for tombs and columns because it is tough and takes a high polish. Geologists use the same word for any rock with visible crystals scattered through a finer base.
How PORPHYRY is used
Porphyry appears in geology, art history and descriptions of monuments.
- The emperor was laid in a coffin of porphyry.
- Large feldspar crystals shone in the porphyry.
- Porphyry columns lined the old basilica.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PORPHYRY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PORPHYRY
Common questions about PORPHYRY
- Is PORPHYRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PORPHYRY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PORPHYRY worth?
- PORPHYRY is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PORPHYRY mean?
- A hard igneous rock with large crystals set in a fine-grained mass, often reddish or purple and prized for sculpture and building.
- What letters can be added to PORPHYRY?
- No single letter can be added to PORPHYRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PORPHYRY:
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