Is ALLOPHONES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, ALLOPHONES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does ALLOPHONES mean?
Allophones is a form of ALLOPHONE.
- noun
(linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
15
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
10
Letters
A (1) + L (1) + L (1) + O (1) + P (3) + H (4) + O (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 15 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for ALLOPHONES
ALLOPHONES has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from ALLOPHONES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- allophone14
- hooplas12
- phenols12
- shallop12
- shalloon11
- alephs11
- holpen11
- hoopla11
- phenol11
- phonal11
- phones11
- phonos11
- shapen11
- paleosol10
- planosol10
- enhalos10
- halloes10
- halloos10
- holloas10
- holloes10
- aleph10
- ephas10
- heaps10
- helps10
- hoops10
- hopes10
- opahs10
- phase10
- pheos10
- phone10
- phono10
- phons10
- plash10
- poohs10
- shape10
- shlep10
- apollos9
- espanol9
- nopales9
- pleonal9
- pollens9
- enhalo9
- halloo9
- hallos9
- haloes9
- halons9
- hansel9
- haoles9
- hellos9
- hollas9
- holloa9
- hollos9
- epha9
- haps9
- hasp9
- heap9
- help9
- heps9
- holp9
- hoop9
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