TOPHI is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TOPHI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TOPHI?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TOPHI is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOPHI
No single letter turns TOPHI into another word.
How TOPHI scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TOPHI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does TOPHI mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
Firm, chalky lumps that form when excess uric acid crystallises around joints, under the skin or within cartilage, typically after years of untreated gout.
Tophi is the plural of tophus, formed the Latin way like cactus and cacti, and doctors almost always use the plural because the lumps rarely appear alone. They build up slowly over years of high uric acid levels and show up as firm, pale swellings near joints such as the elbow, ear or big toe. Left untreated, tophi can wear away the bone and cartilage beneath them and limit movement in the affected joint. Their appearance is often enough on its own to confirm a case of long-standing gout.
How TOPHI is used
Medical term, almost always used in the plural; the singular tophus is comparatively rare in ordinary speech.
- The scan showed tophi forming around both elbows.
- Years of untreated gout had left tophi across his knuckles.
- Doctors can often diagnose chronic gout just by feeling for tophi.
- The tophi had begun to wear away the bone underneath.
- Treatment aims to shrink existing tophi and prevent new ones.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOPHI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in TOPHI
1 words end in TOPHI. Useful as a back hook: play TOPHI onto a word already on the board.
Words with TOPHI inside
Showing 24 of 39 words that contain TOPHI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TOPHI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TOPHI
Common questions about TOPHI
- Is TOPHI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TOPHI, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TOPHI worth?
- TOPHI is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOPHI mean?
- Firm, chalky lumps that form when excess uric acid crystallises around joints, under the skin or within cartilage, typically after years of untreated gout.
- What letters can be added to TOPHI?
- No single letter can be added to TOPHI to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TOPHI:
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