DACTYLOLOGY is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. DACTYLOLOGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DACTYLOLOGY?
| 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 DACTYLOLOGY is to know. It scores 21 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DACTYLOLOGY
No single letter turns DACTYLOLOGY into another word.
How DACTYLOLOGY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in DACTYLOLOGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DACTYLOLOGY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DACTYLOLOGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The practice of communicating with finger signs, as in spelling words with the hands.
Deaf communities have used manual alphabets for centuries, and dactylology is the old learned name for that technique. Modern writers usually say fingerspelling.
How DACTYLOLOGY is used
Rare and old-fashioned; used about finger spelling.
- The teacher mastered dactylology to talk with her pupils.
- An old manual describes dactylology with engraved hand diagrams.
- Dactylology allowed the two friends to speak across the room.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DACTYLOLOGY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DACTYLOLOGY
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Common questions about DACTYLOLOGY
- Is DACTYLOLOGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DACTYLOLOGY, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DACTYLOLOGY worth?
- DACTYLOLOGY is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DACTYLOLOGY mean?
- The practice of communicating with finger signs, as in spelling words with the hands.
- What letters can be added to DACTYLOLOGY?
- No single letter can be added to DACTYLOLOGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of DACTYLOLOGY:
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