Is APHELIONS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, APHELIONS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does APHELIONS mean?
Aphelions is a form of APHELION.
- noun
apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
16
Words With Friends
9
Letters
A (1) + P (3) + H (4) + E (1) + L (1) + I (1) + O (1) + N (1) + S (1) = 14 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 APHELIONS
APHELIONS 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 APHELIONS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- aphelion13
- aphonies13
- phelonia13
- pinholes13
- siphonal13
- inphase12
- phenols12
- phonies12
- pinhole12
- planish12
- plenish12
- alephs11
- holpen11
- palish11
- phenol11
- phials11
- phonal11
- phones11
- poisha11
- polish11
- shapen11
- siphon11
- opalines10
- enhalos10
- inhales10
- shinola10
- aleph10
- aphis10
- apish10
- ephas10
- heaps10
- helps10
- hopes10
- opahs10
- phase10
- pheos10
- phial10
- phone10
- phons10
- plash10
- shape10
- shlep10
- spahi10
- alpines9
- epinaos9
- epsilon9
- espanol9
- nopales9
- opaline9
- pineals9
- pinoles9
- senopia9
- spaniel9
- splenia9
- ashine9
- enhalo9
- haloes9
- halons9
- hansel9
- haoles9
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