Words That Start With NAPH

Q: What is the highest-scoring word that starts with NAPH?

NAPHTHALIZING is worth 31 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are NAPHTHALIZED (30), NAPHTHALIZES (29), NAPHTHALIZE (28).

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All Words That Start With NAPH 29 words

How common is NAPH at the start of words?

Our combined English word list has 29 words that start with NAPH. Most are 12 letters long, they average 20.3 points, the best is NAPHTHALIZING (31 points) and 41.4% end in S.

Total words: 29
Most common length: 12 letters; 6 words
Average Scrabble score: 20.3; out of 31 max
Longest word: NAPHTHYLAMINES; 14 letters
Most common ending: S; 41.4% of words

Most common last letters

s 41.4%
e 20.7%
l 10.3%

Top vowel pairs

ou3.4%

Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.

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Highest-scoring word that starts with NAPH

n ₁a ₁p ₃h ₄t ₁h ₄a ₁l ₁i ₁z ₁₀i ₁n ₁g ₂

N 1 + A 1 + P 3 + H 4 + T 1 + H 4 + A 1 + L 1 + I 1 + Z 10 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2 = 31 points

Double word: 62 pts
Triple word: 93 pts

Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).

naphthalizing

No dictionary definition on file. This is a valid game word that standard dictionaries rarely cover.

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