SYRPHIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SYRPHIAN 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 SYRPHIAN?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SYRPHIAN is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SYRPHIAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
syrphiansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SYRPHIAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SYRPHIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SYRPHIAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SYRPHIAN
- All 8 letters of SYRPHIAN are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SYRPHIAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A wasplike fly of the family whose adults hover over flowers and whose larvae often eat aphids.
Gardeners welcome a syrphian because its larvae devour pests, and the adults help pollinate blossoms. The black and yellow stripes imitate a wasp, though the insect cannot sting.
How SYRPHIAN is used
Used in entomology and gardening; syrphid is the more usual term.
- A syrphian hung motionless above the daisy.
- The syrphian fooled the child into thinking it was a wasp.
- Every syrphian we counted in the meadow was feeding on nectar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SYRPHIAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SYRPHIAN
1 longer words begin with SYRPHIAN.
Shorter words from the letters in SYRPHIAN
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Common questions about SYRPHIAN
- Is SYRPHIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SYRPHIAN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SYRPHIAN worth?
- SYRPHIAN is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SYRPHIAN mean?
- A wasplike fly of the family whose adults hover over flowers and whose larvae often eat aphids.
- What letters can be added to SYRPHIAN?
- SYRPHIAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SYRPHIAN:
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