HYPONYM is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. HYPONYM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HYPONYM?
| 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: 60 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYPONYM is to know. It scores 20 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYPONYM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HYPONYM scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HYPONYM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 41,686 thousand.
What stands out about HYPONYM
- HYPONYM gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HYPONYM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A word with a more specific meaning that falls under a broader term.
Linguists say that rose is a hyponym of flower, because every rose is a flower but not the other way round. The broader term is called the hypernym, and the two together make up a hierarchy that dictionaries and word databases use.
How HYPONYM is used
Hyponym is a linguistic term used when describing relations between word meanings.
- Sparrow is a hyponym of bird.
- Each hyponym inherits the features of the wider category.
- The dictionary groups a hyponym under its general term.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYPONYM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HYPONYM
3 longer words begin with HYPONYM.
Shorter words from the letters in HYPONYM
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Common questions about HYPONYM
- Is HYPONYM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYPONYM, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYPONYM worth?
- HYPONYM is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYPONYM mean?
- A word with a more specific meaning that falls under a broader term.
- What letters can be added to HYPONYM?
- HYPONYM takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HYPONYM:
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