phosphorus
/fɑsfərəs/
noun
10 letters3 syllables20 points in Scrabble®21 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS2
NOUN
1
A planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky.
2
A multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms.
WORD FORMS
Related formphosphoric
Related formphosphorous
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®20 points
Words With Friends®21 points
Double word40 points
Triple word60 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinosphorusphay
Starts & ends withP … S
Syllablesphos · pho · rus
SYNONYMS & RELATED7
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