Is ENCEPHALONS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, ENCEPHALONS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 18 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does ENCEPHALONS mean?
Encephalons is a form of ENCEPHALON.
- noun
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
18
Scrabble
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Words With Friends
11
Letters
E (1) + N (1) + C (3) + E (1) + P (3) + H (4) + A (1) + L (1) + O (1) + N (1) + S (1) = 18 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsNot listed
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 ENCEPHALONS
ENCEPHALONS 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 ENCEPHALONS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- encephalon17
- nonspeech16
- cheapens15
- panoches15
- penoches15
- planches15
- pleaches15
- plenches15
- anopheles14
- capeesh14
- chapels14
- cheapen14
- cheapos14
- epochal14
- panoche14
- peaches14
- pechans14
- penoche14
- planche14
- poaches14
- shoepac14
- penoncels13
- chalones13
- channels13
- echelons13
- enhances13
- shoelace13
- chapel13
- chapes13
- cheapo13
- cheaps13
- cheeps13
- epochs13
- pechan13
- planch13
- pleach13
- plench13
- schlep13
- speech13
- escalope12
- opalesce12
- penances12
- penoncel12
- achenes12
- chalone12
- channel12
- chanson12
- echelon12
- enchase12
- enhance12
- lanches12
- leaches12
- loaches12
- lochans12
- noncash12
- peahens12
- phenols12
- caphs12
- chape12
- chaps12
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