MONOPHONY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. MONOPHONY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MONOPHONY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MONOPHONY is to know. It scores 19 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MONOPHONY
No single letter turns MONOPHONY into another word.
How MONOPHONY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in MONOPHONY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MONOPHONY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MONOPHONY mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
Music built on a single melodic line without harmony or accompanying voices.
Gregorian chant is the best-known example of monophony. Later European music grew richer with added parts, but plain unison singing survived in worship. The term also covers sound reproduced through a single channel.
How MONOPHONY is used
Monophony is a technical word in musicology and in sound recording.
- Medieval plainchant is a form of monophony.
- The lecture contrasted monophony with polyphony.
- Early radios offered only monophony, not stereo.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MONOPHONY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MONOPHONY
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Common questions about MONOPHONY
- Is MONOPHONY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MONOPHONY, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MONOPHONY worth?
- MONOPHONY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MONOPHONY mean?
- Music built on a single melodic line without harmony or accompanying voices.
- What letters can be added to MONOPHONY?
- No single letter can be added to MONOPHONY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of MONOPHONY:
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