BRYOLOGY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. BRYOLOGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRYOLOGY?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRYOLOGY is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRYOLOGY
No single letter turns BRYOLOGY into another word.
How BRYOLOGY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BRYOLOGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BRYOLOGY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BRYOLOGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanytechnical
The branch of botany that studies mosses and liverworts.
Bryology covers how these small, spore-bearing plants grow, spread and respond to their habitats. Its practitioners, bryologists, often work with a hand lens in damp woods and on rocks. The name comes from the Greek word for moss.
How BRYOLOGY is used
Bryology is a specialist botanical term used in science and nature writing.
- She wrote her thesis on bryology in alpine regions.
- A course in bryology taught students to identify mosses by touch.
- Bryology reveals how fragile some damp habitats really are.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRYOLOGY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BRYOLOGY
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Common questions about BRYOLOGY
- Is BRYOLOGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRYOLOGY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRYOLOGY worth?
- BRYOLOGY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRYOLOGY mean?
- The branch of botany that studies mosses and liverworts.
- What letters can be added to BRYOLOGY?
- No single letter can be added to BRYOLOGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BRYOLOGY:
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