CRIMINOLOGY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. CRIMINOLOGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRIMINOLOGY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRIMINOLOGY is to know. It scores 19 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRIMINOLOGY
No single letter turns CRIMINOLOGY into another word.
How CRIMINOLOGY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CRIMINOLOGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CRIMINOLOGY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CRIMINOLOGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The scientific study of crime, criminals and how societies respond to them.
Criminology draws on sociology, psychology and law to ask why crimes happen and what works to reduce them. Its students look at patterns of offending, punishment and prevention rather than at single cases. A criminologist is not the same as a detective, who solves a particular crime.
How CRIMINOLOGY is used
An academic subject; common in university courses and policy talk.
- She studied criminology at university before joining the police service.
- A criminology lecture covered the causes of youth offending.
- His book on criminology became a standard text.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRIMINOLOGY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CRIMINOLOGY
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Common questions about CRIMINOLOGY
- Is CRIMINOLOGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRIMINOLOGY, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRIMINOLOGY worth?
- CRIMINOLOGY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRIMINOLOGY mean?
- The scientific study of crime, criminals and how societies respond to them.
- What letters can be added to CRIMINOLOGY?
- No single letter can be added to CRIMINOLOGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CRIMINOLOGY:
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