ICONOLOGY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ICONOLOGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ICONOLOGY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ICONOLOGY is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ICONOLOGY
No single letter turns ICONOLOGY into another word.
How ICONOLOGY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ICONOLOGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ICONOLOGY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ICONOLOGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The branch of art history that studies visual images and their symbolic meanings.
Iconology looks for what a picture says about the culture, beliefs and politics behind it, going beyond what it simply shows. A scholar of iconology might ask why a certain animal keeps appearing in portraits of rulers.
How ICONOLOGY is used
An academic term in art history and cultural studies.
- Her thesis on medieval iconology won a prize.
- Iconology treats an image as a clue to the ideas of its age.
- He took a course in iconology at the university.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ICONOLOGY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ICONOLOGY
The 9 tiles of ICONOLOGY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in ICONOLOGY
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Common questions about ICONOLOGY
- Is ICONOLOGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ICONOLOGY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ICONOLOGY worth?
- ICONOLOGY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ICONOLOGY mean?
- The branch of art history that studies visual images and their symbolic meanings.
- What letters can be added to ICONOLOGY?
- No single letter can be added to ICONOLOGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ICONOLOGY:
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