EPONYMY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. EPONYMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EPONYMY?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EPONYMY is to know. It scores 17 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EPONYMY
No single letter turns EPONYMY into another word.
How EPONYMY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in EPONYMY, 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 | 2 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,948 thousand.
What does EPONYMY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The practice of deriving the name of a place, discovery or thing from the name of a person.
Scholars of language use eponymy when they trace why something carries a particular name. It covers cases from diseases to cities, and the same idea sometimes extends to legendary founders.
How EPONYMY is used
The word eponymy appears mostly in linguistics and etymology rather than in everyday talk.
- The study of eponymy shows how many units of measurement honour scientists.
- Eponymy explains why the city carries the name of its founder.
- Her essay on eponymy in medicine listed dozens of syndromes named after doctors.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EPONYMY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EPONYMY
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Common questions about EPONYMY
- Is EPONYMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EPONYMY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EPONYMY worth?
- EPONYMY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EPONYMY mean?
- The practice of deriving the name of a place, discovery or thing from the name of a person.
- What letters can be added to EPONYMY?
- No single letter can be added to EPONYMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of EPONYMY:
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