MONOGYNOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. MONOGYNOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MONOGYNOUS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MONOGYNOUS is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MONOGYNOUS
No single letter turns MONOGYNOUS into another word.
How MONOGYNOUS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in MONOGYNOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MONOGYNOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MONOGYNOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Having a single queen, female partner or stigma, depending on the field.
Biologists and botanists use monogynous in separate ways, which can confuse readers. In ant colonies it marks a nest with one reproducing queen; in flowers it marks a single style or stigma.
How MONOGYNOUS is used
Used in zoology and botany; the field decides whether monogynous refers to queens or to flower parts.
- The species is monogynous, so each colony has only one queen.
- A monogynous flower bears a single style.
- Researchers compared monogynous and polygynous ant colonies.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MONOGYNOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MONOGYNOUS
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Common questions about MONOGYNOUS
- Is MONOGYNOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MONOGYNOUS, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MONOGYNOUS worth?
- MONOGYNOUS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MONOGYNOUS mean?
- Having a single queen, female partner or stigma, depending on the field.
- What letters can be added to MONOGYNOUS?
- No single letter can be added to MONOGYNOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of MONOGYNOUS:
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