ALLONYM is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ALLONYM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALLONYM?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALLONYM is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALLONYM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
allonymsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALLONYM scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ALLONYM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,544 thousand.
What does ALLONYM mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The name of another real person that an author uses as a pen name.
An allonym differs from an invented pseudonym, because it belongs to someone who actually lived, often a famous figure. Writers have used it to lend authority to a work or to publish safely under a borrowed identity.
How ALLONYM is used
Allonym is a term from literary scholarship and bibliography.
- The pamphlet was published under an allonym borrowed from a famous bishop.
- Scholars discovered that the allonym hid a young poet.
- He wrote the satire under an allonym to avoid trouble.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALLONYM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALLONYM
2 longer words begin with ALLONYM.
Shorter words from the letters in ALLONYM
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Common questions about ALLONYM
- Is ALLONYM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALLONYM, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALLONYM worth?
- ALLONYM is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALLONYM mean?
- The name of another real person that an author uses as a pen name.
- What letters can be added to ALLONYM?
- ALLONYM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ALLONYM:
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