MERONYM is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. MERONYM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MERONYM?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MERONYM is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MERONYM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MERONYM scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in MERONYM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,316 thousand.
What stands out about MERONYM
- MERONYM begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MERONYM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A word that names a part of something larger, such as "wheel" in relation to "car".
Linguists use meronym when they sort vocabulary by part-and-whole relations. The reverse relation, from the whole to its part, has a separate term, holonym.
How MERONYM is used
A meronym is mostly met in linguistics and in the study of word networks.
- In a thesaurus of body words, "finger" is a meronym of "hand".
- The word "petal" is a meronym of "flower".
- Computer scientists store each meronym alongside the larger term it belongs to.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MERONYM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MERONYM
3 longer words begin with MERONYM.
Shorter words from the letters in MERONYM
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Common questions about MERONYM
- Is MERONYM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MERONYM, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MERONYM worth?
- MERONYM is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MERONYM mean?
- A word that names a part of something larger, such as "wheel" in relation to "car".
- What letters can be added to MERONYM?
- MERONYM takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of MERONYM:
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