Is SPHENODON a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, SPHENODON is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does SPHENODON mean?
- noun
coextensive with the order Rhynchocephalia: tuataras
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
15
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
9
Letters
S (1) + P (3) + H (4) + E (1) + N (1) + O (1) + D (2) + O (1) + N (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 SPHENODON
Single letters that turn SPHENODON into another valid word in US Scrabble. Hooks let you extend a word already on the board.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks2
Words you can make from SPHENODON
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- phonons12
- ephods12
- hooped12
- phoned12
- poohed12
- phones11
- phonon11
- phonos11
- ephod11
- hoped11
- snooped10
- spooned10
- noshed10
- shooed10
- hoops10
- hopes10
- pheos10
- phone10
- phono10
- phons10
- poohs10
- honed9
- hoods9
- hosed9
- oohed9
- shend9
- shoed9
- heps9
- hoop9
- hope9
- hops9
- pehs9
- pheo9
- phon9
- phos9
- pooh9
- posh9
- shop9
- soph9
- dopes8
- hones8
- hosen8
- pends8
- ponds8
- poods8
- pooed8
- posed8
- shone8
- shoon8
- spend8
- spode8
- dohs8
- dosh8
- edhs8
- hods8
- hoed8
- hood8
- ohed8
- shed8
- shod8
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