LAMPOONERY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. LAMPOONERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAMPOONERY?
| 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 LAMPOONERY is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAMPOONERY
No single letter turns LAMPOONERY into another word.
How LAMPOONERY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in LAMPOONERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LAMPOONERY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LAMPOONERY mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The practice of ridiculing people in harsh, mocking satire.
Lampoonery collects the whole habit of writing lampoons, from cartoons to savage verses. The word is rarer than satire and tends to suggest personal and sharp-edged attacks.
How LAMPOONERY is used
Lampoonery is found in literary and political commentary about mocking public figures.
- The magazine was famous for its lampoonery of the court.
- Political lampoonery flourished in the eighteenth-century pamphlets.
- His lampoonery spared neither king nor bishop.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAMPOONERY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LAMPOONERY
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Common questions about LAMPOONERY
- Is LAMPOONERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAMPOONERY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAMPOONERY worth?
- LAMPOONERY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAMPOONERY mean?
- The practice of ridiculing people in harsh, mocking satire.
- What letters can be added to LAMPOONERY?
- No single letter can be added to LAMPOONERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of LAMPOONERY:
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