SAPHENA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SAPHENA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAPHENA?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAPHENA is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAPHENA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAPHENA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SAPHENA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What does SAPHENA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
Either of two large veins near the surface of the leg.
Surgeons sometimes take a piece of the saphena to make a bypass around a blocked artery in the heart. The great and small saphena run along the inner and rear parts of the leg.
How SAPHENA is used
The word saphena is an anatomical term used by doctors.
- The surgeon removed part of the saphena for the graft.
- A swollen saphena can cause pain.
- The saphena runs from the ankle up to the thigh.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAPHENA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SAPHENA
2 longer words begin with SAPHENA.
Shorter words from the letters in SAPHENA
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Common questions about SAPHENA
- Is SAPHENA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAPHENA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAPHENA worth?
- SAPHENA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAPHENA mean?
- Either of two large veins near the surface of the leg.
- What letters can be added to SAPHENA?
- SAPHENA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SAPHENA:
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