SYLPHID is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SYLPHID 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 SYLPHID?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SYLPHID is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SYLPHID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SYLPHID scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SYLPHID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,474 thousand.
What stands out about SYLPHID
- SYLPHID gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SYLPHID mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A young or small sylph, an airy spirit of folklore.
In stories about air spirits, a sylphid is the little or youthful kind, lighter still than the full-grown sylph. The word belongs to old poetry and fairy tales rather than everyday speech.
How SYLPHID is used
Used in fantasy and poetic writing.
- A sylphid danced above the meadow at dawn.
- The old tale tells of a sylphid who lived in a cloud.
- Each sylphid in the ballet wore a pale veil.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SYLPHID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SYLPHID
4 longer words begin with SYLPHID.
Shorter words from the letters in SYLPHID
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Common questions about SYLPHID
- Is SYLPHID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SYLPHID, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SYLPHID worth?
- SYLPHID is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SYLPHID mean?
- A young or small sylph, an airy spirit of folklore.
- What letters can be added to SYLPHID?
- SYLPHID takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SYLPHID:
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