Words Containing PHYLLS

Q: What is the highest-scoring word containing PHYLLS?

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS is worth 37 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are XANTHOPHYLLS (30), MICROSPOROPHYLLS (30), MEGASPOROPHYLLS (28).

Q: What is the longest word containing PHYLLS?

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS has 20 letters.

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All Words Containing PHYLLS 14 words

16-Letter Words With PHYLLS 1

20-Letter Words With PHYLLS 1

How often does PHYLLS appear in words?

Our combined English word list has 14 words containing PHYLLS. Most are 11 letters long, they average 24.6 points, the best is BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS (37 points) and 100% end in S.

Total words: 14
Most common length: 11 letters; 4 words
Average Scrabble score: 24.6; out of 37 max
Longest word: BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; 20 letters
Most common ending: S; 100% of words

Most common last letters

s 100%

Top vowel pairs

io7.1%

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

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Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.

Highest-scoring word containing PHYLLS

b ₃a ₁c ₃t ₁e ₁r ₁i ₁o ₁c ₃h ₄l ₁o ₁r ₁o ₁p ₃h ₄y ₄l ₁l ₁s ₁

B 3 + A 1 + C 3 + T 1 + E 1 + R 1 + I 1 + O 1 + C 3 + H 4 + L 1 + O 1 + R 1 + O 1 + P 3 + H 4 + Y 4 + L 1 + L 1 + S 1 = 37 points

Double word: 74 pts
Triple word: 111 pts

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

bacteriochlorophylls

Form of bacteriochlorophyll

nouna substance in photosensitive bacteria that is related to but different from chlorophyll of higher plants

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