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phon (9 points)
Unit of perceived loudness
Decibel-intensity measure
Study of speech sounds Abbreviation
P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
peahen (11 points)
One attracted to big eyes (wordplay)
Vain one's mate (wordplay)
Pheasant's kin
P·3+E·1+A·1+H·4+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
pechan (13 points)
The stomach
P·3+E·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
phonon (11 points)
Quantum of energy
Quantum of vibrational energy
Vibrational energy unit
P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
photon (11 points)
A little light (wordplay)
Particle that is its own antiparticle
Kind of "Star Trek" torpedo
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
phylon (14 points)
Tribe, in biology.
P·3+H·4+Y·4+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
phyton (14 points)
A structural unit of a plant
P·3+H·4+Y·4+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
python (14 points)
Big name in circuses (wordplay)
Boa, for one
Kipling's Kaa, for one
P·3+Y·4+T·1+H·4+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
paphian (14 points)
A prostitute
P·3+A·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
phaeton (12 points)
Carriage churning up one path
The sound of fate on a carriage
Light four-wheeled carriage
P·3+H·4+A·1+E·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
potheen (12 points)
""Irish whiskey distilled unlawfully, also POTEEN, POTTEEN, POITIN""
P·3+O·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
pushpin (14 points)
Bulletin board item, perhaps
Item akin to a thumbtack
Bulletin board sticker
P·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+P·3+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
panhuman (15 points)
Pertaining to all humanity
P·3+A·1+N·1+H·4+U·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
pantheon (13 points)
Special Olympians (wordplay)
Hall of fame
The gods of a people
P·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
pathogen (14 points)
Heptagon (anagram)
Disease-causing agent
Disease-causing micro-organism
P·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
phenazin (22 points)
A chemical compound
P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+A·1+Z·10+I·1+N·1 = 22 pts
phosphin (18 points)
A poisonous gas
P·3+H·4+O·1+S·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+N·1 = 18 pts
phthalin (16 points)
A chemical compound
P·3+H·4+T·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
pitchman (17 points)
Certain major leaguer in ads (wordplay)
Jim Palmer in TV ads (wordplay)
Billy Mays, notably
P·3+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
pitchmen (17 points)
Pitchman
P·3+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
prehuman (15 points)
From a time before man evolved
Before mankind's time
Earlier than the appearance of man
P·3+R·1+E·1+H·4+U·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
preshown (16 points)
Preshow
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+H·4+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 16 pts
prochain (15 points)
Next (French)
P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
prochein (15 points)
""Nearest in time, relation or degree, also PROCHAIN""
P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
puncheon (15 points)
Drink a very long time - one has several gallons
Might C. ask for boxing, by the sound of it (wordplay)
Change starter in midday meal for quite a few gallons
P·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
pushdown (17 points)
Depress
P·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 17 pts
parathion (14 points)
Insecticide containing phosphorus and sulphur
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
parhelion (14 points)
One of Jilly Cooper's amendments (wordplay)
P·3+A·1+R·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
phasedown (18 points)
A gradual reduction.
P·3+H·4+A·1+S·1+E·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 18 pts
phellogen (15 points)
The tissue of young cells which produces cork cells.
P·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
phelonion (14 points)
Greek vestment to help out with tear-jerker
P·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
phenytoin (17 points)
""An anticonvulsant drug, C 15 H 12 N 2 O 2 , used most commonly in the treatment of epilepsy. Also called diphenylhydantoin .""
P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+Y·4+T·1+O·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
phonation (14 points)
The act or process by which articulate sounds are uttered; the utterance of articulate sounds; articulate speech.
P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
physician (19 points)
Licensed medical practitioner
Patience (wordplay)
Lifeguard (wordplay)
P·3+H·4+Y·4+S·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts
porphyrin (19 points)
""Any of various organic compounds containing four pyrrole rings, occurring universally in protoplasm, and functioning as a metal-binding cofactor in hemoglobin, chlorophyll, and certain enzymes.""
P·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 19 pts
pronghorn (15 points)
Antelopelike deer
Antelope relative
P·3+R·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 15 pts
pyrethrin (17 points)
""A substance resembling, and isomeric with, ordinary camphor, and extracted from the essential oil of feverfew; called also Pyrethrum camphor. Pyrethrum camphor.""
P·3+Y·4+R·1+E·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
pentathlon (15 points)
Contest that involves epees and pistols
Its events include fencing and shooting
Five-part athletic event
P·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
perihelion (15 points)
Orbital position nearest the sun
Orbit point closest to the sun
Old MacDonald had an orbit's closest point...
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
periphyton (20 points)
""Sessile organisms, such as algae and small crustaceans, that live attached to surfaces projecting from the bottom of a freshwater aquatic environment.""
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
permethrin (17 points)
""A topical insecticide, C 21 H 20 CL 2 O 3 , used to treat head lice and nits, scabies, and various species of ticks.""
P·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
phenacetin (17 points)
See acetophenetidin .
P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
phenomenon (17 points)
It's directly perceivable
Men on phone about an amazing spectacle
Exceptional person
P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
phlogiston (16 points)
Substance once believed to be released in combustion
Mechanical ram restricts hot billet of proposed element
P·3+H·4+L·1+O·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
pincushion (17 points)
Bowler's margin of comfort (wordplay)
Etui's cousin (wordplay)
Backup digits for the ATM (wordplay)
P·3+I·1+N·1+C·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
pitchwoman (22 points)
English word
P·3+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 22 pts
pitchwomen (22 points)
English word
P·3+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 22 pts
polyhedron (19 points)
Plane-faced solid
Solid figure that usually has more than six faces
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+H·4+E·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
prehension (15 points)
""The act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping, as with the hand or other member.""
P·3+R·1+E·1+H·4+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
protohuman (17 points)
Early ancestor (wordplay)
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+H·4+U·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
pentahedron (17 points)
Five-sided solid figure
Solid figure with five plane faces
Five-faced solid figure - near the pond (anagram)
P·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+H·4+E·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
phonetician (18 points)
One versed in phonetics; a phonetist.
P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 18 pts
phycocyanin (26 points)
A blue phycobilin occurring especially in the cells of cyanobacteria.
P·3+H·4+Y·4+C·3+O·1+C·3+Y·4+A·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 26 pts
phytoalexin (26 points)
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany any of a group of substances produced by plants that inhibit the growth of pathogenic fungi that infect them [from phyto- + Greek alexein to ward off]
P·3+H·4+Y·4+T·1+O·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 26 pts
podophyllin (22 points)
A brown bitter gum extracted from the rootstalk of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). It is a complex mixture of several substances. Podophyllum peltatum). It is a complex mixture of several substances.
P·3+O·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 22 pts
prefreshman (21 points)
FRESHMAN a first-year student
P·3+R·1+E·1+F·4+R·1+E·1+S·1+H·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 21 pts
prefreshmen (21 points)
Word with prefix pre-
P·3+R·1+E·1+F·4+R·1+E·1+S·1+H·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 21 pts
preluncheon (18 points)
LUNCHEON a midday meal
P·3+R·1+E·1+L·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
preshrunken (20 points)
SHRUNKEN shrink
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+H·4+R·1+U·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 20 pts
prohibition (18 points)
Ban (eg on alcohol)
Anti-Saloon League goal
The 18th Amendment, briefly
P·3+R·1+O·1+H·4+I·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
prothrombin (20 points)
A plasma protein that is converted into thrombin during blood clotting.
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
pantechnicon (21 points)
British warehouse or van
Removal van
Furniture van
P·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+N·1+I·1+C·3+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
philodendron (19 points)
Your florist (wordplay)
Popular houseplant
London pride variety including first house plant
P·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+O·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
pogonophoran (20 points)
""Any of various wormlike marine invertebrates of the phylum Pogonophora that grow in upright chitin tubes, usually at depths greater than 100 meters (330 feet), have tentacles attached to the head region, and lack a digestive system.""
P·3+O·1+G·2+O·1+N·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+A·1+N·1 = 20 pts
porphyropsin (24 points)
""A purple pigment similar to rhodopsin, found in the rods of the retinas of freshwater fishes and certain frogs.""
P·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4+R·1+O·1+P·3+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 24 pts
prehistorian (17 points)
HISTORIAN A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.
P·3+R·1+E·1+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
prothalamion (19 points)
Badly harm optional poem before marriage
Possibly no marital hop would be complete without it (wordplay)
Possibly no marital hop would be complete without it
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
photoelectron (20 points)
Subatomic particle - let hencoop rot (anagram)
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
photoemission (20 points)
""Emission of photoelectrons, especially from metallic surfaces.""
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
photoreaction (20 points)
A photochemical reaction.
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
phycoerythrin (29 points)
A red phycobilin occurring especially in the cells of red algae.
P·3+H·4+Y·4+C·3+O·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4+T·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 29 pts
phytopathogen (27 points)
An organism that is pathogenic to a plant.
P·3+H·4+Y·4+T·1+O·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 27 pts
phytoplankton (27 points)
""Minute, free-floating aquatic plants.""
P·3+H·4+Y·4+T·1+O·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+K·5+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 27 pts
psychosurgeon (24 points)
""Pl. psychosurgeries Brain surgery used to treat severe, intractable mental or behavioral disorders.""
P·3+S·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+O·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 24 pts
phosphoprotein (26 points)
""Any of a group of proteins, such as casein, containing chemically bound phosphoric acid.""
P·3+H·4+O·1+S·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+I·1+N·1 = 26 pts
photoinduction (22 points)
Noun (-tion)
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+I·1+N·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
photooxidation (27 points)
Noun (-tion)
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 27 pts
photoreception (23 points)
""The detection, absorption, and use of light, as for vision in animals or phototropism and photosynthesis in plants.""
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
photoreduction (22 points)
Photoreducte
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
prosencephalon (23 points)
""The anterior segment of the brain, including the cerebrum and olfactory lobes; the forebrain""
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
protohistorian (19 points)
History
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts
protoporphyrin (26 points)
""A metal-free porphyrin, C 32 H 32 N 4 (COOH) 2 , that combines with ferrous iron to form the heme group in hemoglobin and myoglobin, and with ferric iron to form the hemin group in catalase and some cytochromes.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 26 pts
phenolphthalein (28 points)
Lab acidity indicator
C20H14O4 (and a key substance in this puzzle's theme)
P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+O·1+L·1+P·3+H·4+T·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+E·1+I·1+N·1 = 28 pts
phosphatization (34 points)
PHOSPHATIZE PHOSPHATE A salt of phosphoric acid.
P·3+H·4+O·1+S·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 34 pts
phosphorylation (28 points)
""PHOSPHORYLATE PHOSPHORYL The radical PO, regarded as the typical nucleus of certain compounds. PO, regarded as the typical nucleus of certain compounds.""
P·3+H·4+O·1+S·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+Y·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 28 pts
photoexcitation (29 points)
Noun (-tion)
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+E·1+X·8+C·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 29 pts
photoionization (29 points)
PHOTOIONIZE
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 29 pts
photoproduction (25 points)
Photoproduct
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 25 pts
plainclothesman (24 points)
One with a limited wardrobe (wordplay)
Police-squad member
Member of the force.
P·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+L·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 24 pts
plainclothesmen (24 points)
Investigators of a kind.
Undercover detectives
Detectives
P·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+L·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 24 pts
pseudepigraphon (26 points)
English word
P·3+S·1+E·1+U·1+D·2+E·1+P·3+I·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1 = 26 pts
psychohistorian (28 points)
Pl. psychohistories A psychological or psychoanalytic interpretation or study of historical events or persons: the psychohistory of the Nazi era.
P·3+S·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+O·1+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 28 pts
psychometrician (29 points)
Psychology
P·3+S·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 29 pts
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+O·1+A·1+G·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 24 pts
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 27 pts
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+D·2+U·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 26 pts
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 25 pts
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 27 pts
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 27 pts
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 30 pts
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 32 pts
P·3+H·4+Y·4+T·1+O·1+H·4+E·1+M·3+A·1+G·2+G·2+L·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 33 pts
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 26 pts
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 26 pts
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+S·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+Y·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 38 pts
P·3+S·1+E·1+U·1+D·2+O·1+S·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 30 pts

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Enter letters or a pattern, optionally pick a dictionary, and we'll find every valid word matching your criteria. Results show with point scores, definitions, and clickable details.

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Word lists are updated monthly to track new tournament dictionary editions. Clue corpora are refreshed quarterly from public crossword archives.

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