HAGIOLOGY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. HAGIOLOGY 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 HAGIOLOGY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAGIOLOGY is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAGIOLOGY
No single letter turns HAGIOLOGY into another word.
How HAGIOLOGY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HAGIOLOGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HAGIOLOGY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HAGIOLOGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
Writing about the lives of saints, or the study of such writing.
Hagiology covers legends, biographies and calendars of holy people, and scholars sift it for history as well as faith. It is the academic cousin of the older word hagiography. A shelf of hagiology can include medieval tales of miracles.
How HAGIOLOGY is used
Used in church history and literary studies.
- He wrote his thesis on early Irish hagiology.
- The monastery library held a rich hagiology in Latin.
- Hagiology often mixes fact with pious legend.
- She taught a course in medieval hagiology.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAGIOLOGY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HAGIOLOGY
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Common questions about HAGIOLOGY
- Is HAGIOLOGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAGIOLOGY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAGIOLOGY worth?
- HAGIOLOGY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAGIOLOGY mean?
- Writing about the lives of saints, or the study of such writing.
- What letters can be added to HAGIOLOGY?
- No single letter can be added to HAGIOLOGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HAGIOLOGY:
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