What APHESIS Means
- noun: the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in ‘squire’ for ‘esquire’
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
APHESIS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 P3 H4 E1 S1 I1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In APHESIS
133 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (8)
5 letter words (26)
APHISAPISHAPSESAPSISASHESASPISEPHASHASPSHEAPSHESPSISHESPAISEPASESPASSEPHASEPISESSEPIASHAPESHAPSSHEASSHIESSHIPSSIPESSPAESSPAHISPIES
4 letter words (45)
AHISAPESAPSEASPSEISHEPHAHAESHAPSHASPHASSHEAPHEPSHESPHIESHIPSHISSPAHSPAISPASEPASHPASSPEASPEHSPHISPIASPIESPISEPISHPSISSAISSAPSSASHSEASSEISSEPSSESHSHEASHESSHIPSIESSIPESIPSSPAESPASSPIE
3 letter words (38)
AHIAHSAISAPEASHASPEASEHSESSHAEHAPHASHEPHESHIEHIPHISISHPAHPASPEAPEHPESPHIPIAPIEPISPSISAESAISAPSEASEISHASHESIPSISSPA
2 letter words (16)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.