METONYMY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. METONYMY 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 METONYMY?
| 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 METONYMY 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 METONYMY
No single letter turns METONYMY into another word.
How METONYMY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in METONYMY, 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 | 2 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so METONYMY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does METONYMY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A figure of speech in which a thing is named by something closely associated with it.
When people say the crown for the monarchy or Washington for the American government, they use metonymy. It differs from metaphor, which compares unlike things, because here the two are linked by closeness.
How METONYMY is used
Used in language teaching, literary study and rhetoric.
- Calling the press the fourth estate is a case of metonymy.
- The students learned to spot metonymy in poems.
- Metonymy lets a writer say the bench to mean the judges.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of METONYMY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in METONYMY
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Common questions about METONYMY
- Is METONYMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts METONYMY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is METONYMY worth?
- METONYMY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does METONYMY mean?
- A figure of speech in which a thing is named by something closely associated with it.
- What letters can be added to METONYMY?
- No single letter can be added to METONYMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of METONYMY:
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