TEPHRA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. TEPHRA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TEPHRA?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TEPHRA is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TEPHRA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tephrasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TEPHRA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TEPHRA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What stands out about TEPHRA
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TEPHRA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Solid material of any size, from fine ash to large blocks, thrown into the air by a volcanic eruption.
Volcanologists use tephra as a collective term, so they do not have to say separately whether the fragments were dust, cinders or boulders. The word comes from the Greek for ash. Layers of tephra left by ancient eruptions are valuable to scientists because each eruption leaves a recognizable deposit, which lets them date soil and archaeological sites across wide regions.
How TEPHRA is used
Technical term in geology; the layered deposit is often called a tephra layer.
- A thick blanket of tephra covered the village after the eruption.
- The researchers dated the soil by the tephra layer within it.
- Fine tephra drifted hundreds of miles downwind.
- Roofs collapsed under the weight of wet tephra.
- Each sample of tephra was labelled with its depth and colour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TEPHRA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TEPHRA
The 6 tiles of TEPHRA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with TEPHRA
1 longer words begin with TEPHRA.
Shorter words from the letters in TEPHRA
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Common questions about TEPHRA
- Is TEPHRA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TEPHRA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TEPHRA worth?
- TEPHRA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TEPHRA mean?
- Solid material of any size, from fine ash to large blocks, thrown into the air by a volcanic eruption.
- What letters can be added to TEPHRA?
- TEPHRA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TEPHRA:
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