RHEOPHIL is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. RHEOPHIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RHEOPHIL?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RHEOPHIL is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RHEOPHIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
rheophileChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How RHEOPHIL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in RHEOPHIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RHEOPHIL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RHEOPHIL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Living in or favouring fast-moving water such as streams and rapids.
Ecologists apply rheophil to fish, insects and plants that depend on current for oxygen and food. Such species often vanish when a river is dammed and the flow slows.
How RHEOPHIL is used
Found in biology and river-ecology writing, often as a rheophil species.
- The rheophil fish clings to rocks in the strongest current.
- A rheophil beetle larva was found under the stones.
- Dams threaten every rheophil species in the basin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RHEOPHIL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RHEOPHIL
2 longer words begin with RHEOPHIL.
Shorter words from the letters in RHEOPHIL
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Common questions about RHEOPHIL
- Is RHEOPHIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RHEOPHIL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RHEOPHIL worth?
- RHEOPHIL is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RHEOPHIL mean?
- Living in or favouring fast-moving water such as streams and rapids.
- What letters can be added to RHEOPHIL?
- RHEOPHIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of RHEOPHIL:
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