SULPHURY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SULPHURY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SULPHURY?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SULPHURY is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SULPHURY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sulphurylChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How SULPHURY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SULPHURY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SULPHURY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SULPHURY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
British
Having the smell, taste or yellowish colour of sulphur.
Sulphury is the sensory word for anything that recalls burnt matches or rotten eggs. It is the British spelling of sulfury and is used for gases, springs and some wines.
How SULPHURY is used
Describes smells, tastes and colours; spelled with ph in British English.
- A sulphury smell drifted from the hot spring.
- The match left a sulphury tang in the air.
- The wine had a faintly sulphury edge.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SULPHURY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SULPHURY
2 longer words begin with SULPHURY.
Shorter words from the letters in SULPHURY
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Common questions about SULPHURY
- Is SULPHURY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SULPHURY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SULPHURY worth?
- SULPHURY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SULPHURY mean?
- Having the smell, taste or yellowish colour of sulphur.
- What letters can be added to SULPHURY?
- SULPHURY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SULPHURY:
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