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Yes. The word ephelis is a Scrabble US word. The word ephelis is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

E1P3H4E1L1I1S1

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Yes. The word ephelis is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

E1P3H4E1L1I1S1

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7-letter words (1 found)

EPHELIS,

5-letter words (26 found)

EISEL,ESILE,HEELS,HEILS,HELES,HELPS,LEEPS,LEISH,LIPES,PEELS,PEISE,PELES,PHESE,PILES,PLESH,PLIES,SHEEL,SHEEP,SHIEL,SHLEP,SLEEP,SLIPE,SPEEL,SPEIL,SPIEL,SPILE,

4-letter words (42 found)

EELS,EISH,ELHI,ELSE,HEEL,HEIL,HELE,HELP,HEPS,HESP,HIES,HIPS,ISLE,LEEP,LEES,LEIS,LEPS,LIES,LIPE,LIPS,LISP,PEEL,PEES,PEHS,PELE,PELS,PHIS,PIES,PILE,PISE,PISH,PLIE,SEEL,SEEP,SEIL,SELE,SHIP,SILE,SIPE,SLEE,SLIP,SPIE,

3-letter words (29 found)

EEL,EHS,ELS,HEP,HES,HIE,HIP,HIS,ISH,LEE,LEI,LEP,LES,LIE,LIP,LIS,PEE,PEH,PEL,PES,PHI,PIE,PIS,PSI,SEE,SEI,SEL,SHE,SIP,

2-letter words (12 found)

EE,EH,EL,ES,HE,HI,IS,LI,PE,PI,SH,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 111 words from ephelis according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ephelis

ephelis

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ephēlis, from Ancient Greek ἔφηλῐς (éphēlis, “a freckle”), from ἐπ- (ep-, “upon, over, epi-”) +‎ ἥλῐος (hḗlios, “the sun”) +‎ -ῐς (-is, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈfi.lɪs/
  • Rhymes: -iːlɪs

Noun

ephelis (plural ephelides)

  1. (dermatology, pathology) Synonym of freckle.

References

  • “ephelis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  • Robley Dunglison (1895) A Dictionary of Medical Science‎[1], 21st edition, Lea Brothers & Co., page 386, column 1

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔφηλῐς (éphēlis, “a freckle”), from ἐπ- (ep-, “upon, over, epi-”) +‎ ἥλῐος (hḗlios, “the sun”) +‎ -ῐς (-is, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /eˈpʰeː.lis/, [ɛˈpʰeːlʲɪs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈfe.lis/, [eˈfɛːlis]

Noun

ephēlis f (genitive ephēlidis); third declension

  1. (dermatology, pathology, in the plural) freckles

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

  • → English: ephelis

Source: wiktionary.org