EPONYMIC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. EPONYMIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EPONYMIC?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EPONYMIC is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EPONYMIC
No single letter turns EPONYMIC into another word.
How EPONYMIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in EPONYMIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EPONYMIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EPONYMIC
- All 8 letters of EPONYMIC are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EPONYMIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Relating to the person after whom something is named.
Eponymic describes the link between a name and its source, as between Washington and the city that bears it. It is a close relative of eponymous and is far less common.
How EPONYMIC is used
Used in scholarly writing about names, titles and origins.
- The eponymic hero of the poem never appears until the last canto.
- The article traced the eponymic origin of the disease.
- Many units of measurement have an eponymic source.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EPONYMIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EPONYMIC
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Common questions about EPONYMIC
- Is EPONYMIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EPONYMIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EPONYMIC worth?
- EPONYMIC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EPONYMIC mean?
- Relating to the person after whom something is named.
- What letters can be added to EPONYMIC?
- No single letter can be added to EPONYMIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of EPONYMIC:
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