SPHINX is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. SPHINX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPHINX?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPHINX is to know. It scores 18 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPHINX
No single letter turns SPHINX into another word.
How SPHINX scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SPHINX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,380 thousand.
What stands out about SPHINX
- SPHINX 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 SPHINX mean in Scrabble?
noun
A mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head, or a statue of one.
The Great Sphinx beside the pyramids at Giza is the best known example of such a statue. In Greek myth the creature put riddles to travellers, and the word now also describes a person who is hard to read.
How SPHINX is used
Used for the monument and the myth, and figuratively for a mysterious person.
- The sphinx has watched over the desert for thousands of years.
- He sat like a sphinx, giving nothing away.
- In the myth, the sphinx asked a riddle at the gate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPHINX and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SPHINX
2 longer words begin with SPHINX.
Shorter words from the letters in SPHINX
Common questions about SPHINX
- Is SPHINX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPHINX, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPHINX worth?
- SPHINX is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPHINX mean?
- A mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head, or a statue of one.
- What letters can be added to SPHINX?
- No single letter can be added to SPHINX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SPHINX:
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