METONYMIC is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. METONYMIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept METONYMIC?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful METONYMIC is to know. It scores 18 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for METONYMIC
No single letter turns METONYMIC into another word.
How METONYMIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in METONYMIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so METONYMIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does METONYMIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Using the name of one thing to stand for another closely connected with it.
Calling the press "the crown" or a country's government "Washington" is a metonymic habit, and critics point it out when analysing figures of speech. The label is narrower than metaphor, because the link is one of closeness rather than likeness.
How METONYMIC is used
A term of rhetoric and linguistics describing a figure of speech.
- The phrase "the crown" is a metonymic way of saying the monarchy.
- She wrote an essay on metonymic expressions in advertising.
- A metonymic reading of the poem focuses on associated objects.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of METONYMIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with METONYMIC
2 longer words begin with METONYMIC.
Shorter words from the letters in METONYMIC
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Common questions about METONYMIC
- Is METONYMIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts METONYMIC, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is METONYMIC worth?
- METONYMIC is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does METONYMIC mean?
- Using the name of one thing to stand for another closely connected with it.
- What letters can be added to METONYMIC?
- No single letter can be added to METONYMIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of METONYMIC:
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