aphelion

aphelion is a 8-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion.
2. noun. apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in aphelion:

phelonia, phenolia

Common word forms

aphelions

Words from these letters

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