MERONYMY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. MERONYMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MERONYMY?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MERONYMY is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MERONYMY
No single letter turns MERONYMY into another word.
How MERONYMY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MERONYMY, 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 | 2 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MERONYMY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MERONYMY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The relationship between a word for a part and the word for the whole it belongs to.
In meronymy, wheel stands to car as a part to its whole. Linguists use the idea to build word networks and dictionaries. It is sometimes also used for naming a whole by one of its parts.
How MERONYMY is used
Used in linguistics and in computing that deals with word meaning.
- The lecture explained meronymy with the example of finger and hand.
- Meronymy links words by part and whole.
- Her thesis dealt with meronymy in several languages.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MERONYMY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MERONYMY
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Common questions about MERONYMY
- Is MERONYMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MERONYMY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MERONYMY worth?
- MERONYMY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MERONYMY mean?
- The relationship between a word for a part and the word for the whole it belongs to.
- What letters can be added to MERONYMY?
- No single letter can be added to MERONYMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MERONYMY:
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