Is TELEGRAPHY a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, TELEGRAPHY is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 19 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does TELEGRAPHY mean?
- noun
communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire
- noun
apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code)
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
19
Scrabble
20
Words With Friends
10
Letters
T (1) + E (1) + L (1) + E (1) + G (2) + R (1) + A (1) + P (3) + H (4) + Y (4) = 19 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 TELEGRAPHY
TELEGRAPHY 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 TELEGRAPHY
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- telegraph15
- lethargy15
- prythee15
- therapy15
- leathery14
- phylae14
- phylar14
- glyph14
- pleather13
- pterylae13
- earthly13
- lathery13
- haply13
- harpy13
- heapy13
- hyper13
- phyla13
- phyle13
- heeltap12
- peartly12
- peytral12
- peytrel12
- preheat12
- pteryla12
- telpher12
- earthy12
- grapey12
- hearty12
- hyetal12
- hype12
- eagerly11
- greatly11
- heaper11
- helper11
- paltry11
- parley11
- partly11
- pearly11
- peltry11
- pertly11
- player11
- raptly11
- replay11
- retype11
- tephra11
- teraph11
- threap11
- threep11
- yelper11
- ethyl11
- graph11
- grapy11
- hayer11
- lathy11
- phage11
- rhyta11
- hyp11
- haltere10
- leather10
- argyle10
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