DUOPSONY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. DUOPSONY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DUOPSONY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUOPSONY is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUOPSONY
No single letter turns DUOPSONY into another word.
How DUOPSONY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DUOPSONY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DUOPSONY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DUOPSONY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A market in which only two buyers compete to purchase from many sellers.
Duopsony is the buying-side mirror of duopoly, which has two sellers. Economists use the term when two big firms can push down the prices paid to suppliers.
How DUOPSONY is used
Used in economics when discussing market structure and buyer power.
- The farmers complained that the duopsony kept prices low.
- A duopsony arises when two firms buy most of a crop.
- The textbook contrasts duopsony with monopsony.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUOPSONY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DUOPSONY
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Common questions about DUOPSONY
- Is DUOPSONY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUOPSONY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUOPSONY worth?
- DUOPSONY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUOPSONY mean?
- A market in which only two buyers compete to purchase from many sellers.
- What letters can be added to DUOPSONY?
- No single letter can be added to DUOPSONY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DUOPSONY:
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