HYPONYMY is a valid Scrabble word — 24 points
Yes. HYPONYMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 24 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HYPONYMY?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYPONYMY is to know. It scores 24 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYPONYMY
No single letter turns HYPONYMY into another word.
How HYPONYMY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HYPONYMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 3 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. HYPONYMY needs 1 blank tile.
What stands out about HYPONYMY
- HYPONYMY gets by on a single vowel across 8 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HYPONYMY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The semantic relation in which one word has a narrower meaning that falls inside a broader one.
Hyponymy links pairs such as rose and flower: every rose is a flower, but not the reverse. Linguists use hyponymy to map vocabulary into hierarchies, and dictionaries lean on it when defining specific words through general ones.
How HYPONYMY is used
Hyponymy is a term of linguistics and lexicography.
- The relation between spoon and cutlery is hyponymy.
- Her thesis examined hyponymy in children's vocabulary.
- Hyponymy structures many word databases.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYPONYMY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HYPONYMY
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Common questions about HYPONYMY
- Is HYPONYMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYPONYMY, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYPONYMY worth?
- HYPONYMY is worth 24 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYPONYMY mean?
- The semantic relation in which one word has a narrower meaning that falls inside a broader one.
- What letters can be added to HYPONYMY?
- No single letter can be added to HYPONYMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HYPONYMY:
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