ANTONOMASIA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ANTONOMASIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANTONOMASIA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANTONOMASIA is to know. It scores 13 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANTONOMASIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
antonomasiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANTONOMASIA scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ANTONOMASIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANTONOMASIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ANTONOMASIA
- ANTONOMASIA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ANTONOMASIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A figure of speech that replaces a name with a title or description, or uses a name for a type.
Calling a king Your Majesty is antonomasia, and so is calling a miser a Scrooge. It is a rhetorical term, and the effect is to stress a quality instead of the person.
How ANTONOMASIA is used
Antonomasia is a term of rhetoric and literary study.
- The Iron Lady is a famous example of antonomasia.
- Calling a traitor a Judas is antonomasia.
- The essay explained antonomasia with several examples from Shakespeare.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTONOMASIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANTONOMASIA
1 longer words begin with ANTONOMASIA.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTONOMASIA
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Common questions about ANTONOMASIA
- Is ANTONOMASIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTONOMASIA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTONOMASIA worth?
- ANTONOMASIA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTONOMASIA mean?
- A figure of speech that replaces a name with a title or description, or uses a name for a type.
- What letters can be added to ANTONOMASIA?
- ANTONOMASIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ANTONOMASIA:
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