TELPHER is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TELPHER 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 TELPHER?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TELPHER is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TELPHER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
telphersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TELPHER scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TELPHER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 421,074.
What does TELPHER mean in Scrabble?
verb
raretechnical
To carry loads or passengers along an electrically driven overhead cable system.
The word comes from the early days of electric haulage, when a suspended car running on wires was a new idea. A telpher line needed no road beneath it, which suited mines, quarries and steep ground. Today the verb is almost only met in historical or technical writing about aerial transport.
How TELPHER is used
Used mostly in old engineering texts when describing how goods were moved on overhead wires.
- The company planned to telpher the ore across the ravine instead of building a road.
- Engineers once proposed to telpher whole harvests from the fields to the railway station.
- It was cheaper to telpher the timber down the slope than to haul it by cart.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TELPHER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TELPHER
12 longer words begin with TELPHER.
Shorter words from the letters in TELPHER
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Common questions about TELPHER
- Is TELPHER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TELPHER, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TELPHER worth?
- TELPHER is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TELPHER mean?
- To carry loads or passengers along an electrically driven overhead cable system.
- What letters can be added to TELPHER?
- TELPHER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TELPHER:
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