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Encephalous

e ₁n ₁c ₃e ₁p ₃h ₄a ₁l ₁o ₁u ₁s ₁

About 4 syllables

11 letters · Uncommon

Scrabble US & Canada : not valid
Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
Words With Friends : not valid
Wordle : not valid

What does encephalous mean?

We don’t have a definition for encephalous yet. It appears in the game word lists marked below, so it is playable even without a dictionary meaning. That is common for rare, regional and technical words.

Is ENCEPHALOUS a valid word?

Game / word list	Valid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL)	No
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS)	Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE)	No
Wordle (guess list)	No

How many points is ENCEPHALOUS worth?

Scrabble

18 pts

e ₁n ₁c ₃e ₁p ₃h ₄a ₁l ₁o ₁u ₁s ₁

Words With Friends

22 pts

e ₁n ₂c ₄e ₁p ₄h ₃a ₁l ₂o ₁u ₂s ₁

Wordfeud

21 pts

e ₁n ₁c ₄e ₁p ₄h ₄a ₁l ₁o ₁u ₂s ₁

NYT Crossplay

19 pts

e ₁n ₁c ₃e ₁p ₃h ₃a ₁l ₂o ₁u ₂s ₁

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in ENCEPHALOUS

Best shorter words top 30 of 1082

See all 1082 words made from ENCEPHALOUS

Words that end like ENCEPHALOUS

Common words that share the ending -ALOUS, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

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All words ending in -ALOUS

Encephalous: quick answers

Is ENCEPHALOUS a valid Scrabble word?

Only in Collins. ENCEPHALOUS is valid in Scrabble outside North America (Collins/SOWPODS) but not in the North American NWL list.

How many points is ENCEPHALOUS worth?

ENCEPHALOUS scores 18 points in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends, 21 in Wordfeud and 19 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.

What words can you make with the letters in ENCEPHALOUS?

You can make 1082 shorter words from ENCEPHALOUS, such as CEPHALOUS, PENUCHLES, SPLEUCHAN, CHEAPENS. See the full list.