CRANIOLOGY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CRANIOLOGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRANIOLOGY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRANIOLOGY is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRANIOLOGY
No single letter turns CRANIOLOGY into another word.
How CRANIOLOGY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CRANIOLOGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CRANIOLOGY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CRANIOLOGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalhistorical
The scientific study of the shape, size and proportions of human skulls.
Craniology grew up in the nineteenth century as a branch of anthropology, and it is closely tied to the discredited ideas of reading character or race from the skull. Modern researchers prefer measured approaches such as craniometry within wider anatomical studies.
How CRANIOLOGY is used
Craniology appears mainly in histories of science, where it is treated as an outdated field.
- Craniology once claimed to rank peoples by skull size.
- The museum has a display on the history of craniology.
- His lectures on craniology were popular but later discredited.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRANIOLOGY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CRANIOLOGY
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Common questions about CRANIOLOGY
- Is CRANIOLOGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRANIOLOGY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRANIOLOGY worth?
- CRANIOLOGY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRANIOLOGY mean?
- The scientific study of the shape, size and proportions of human skulls.
- What letters can be added to CRANIOLOGY?
- No single letter can be added to CRANIOLOGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CRANIOLOGY:
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