HAPLOLOGY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. HAPLOLOGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAPLOLOGY?
| 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 HAPLOLOGY is to know. It scores 18 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAPLOLOGY
No single letter turns HAPLOLOGY into another word.
How HAPLOLOGY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HAPLOLOGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HAPLOLOGY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HAPLOLOGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The dropping of one of two similar sounds or syllables that come together in a word, as in saying probly for probably.
Haplology happens because repeating almost the same syllable is awkward for the tongue, so speakers quietly leave one out. It explains why English has the place name Cirencester spoken with fewer syllables than it is spelled. Linguists study haplology as one of the small forces that reshape words over time.
How HAPLOLOGY is used
Haplology belongs to linguistics and word history, and is rarely heard in everyday talk.
- Saying library as libry is a mild case of haplology.
- The lecture explained haplology with examples from several languages.
- Haplology helps account for the shortened pronunciation of some place names.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAPLOLOGY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HAPLOLOGY
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Common questions about HAPLOLOGY
- Is HAPLOLOGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAPLOLOGY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAPLOLOGY worth?
- HAPLOLOGY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAPLOLOGY mean?
- The dropping of one of two similar sounds or syllables that come together in a word, as in saying probly for probably.
- What letters can be added to HAPLOLOGY?
- No single letter can be added to HAPLOLOGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HAPLOLOGY:
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