MONOPSONY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. MONOPSONY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MONOPSONY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MONOPSONY is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MONOPSONY
No single letter turns MONOPSONY into another word.
How MONOPSONY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in MONOPSONY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MONOPSONY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MONOPSONY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A market in which there is only a single buyer for the goods or services on offer.
Monopsony is the mirror image of monopoly, where one seller faces many buyers. Economists point to a company town with one big employer as a classic monopsony, since workers have nowhere else to sell their labour.
How MONOPSONY is used
Used in economics, especially in discussions of wages and labour markets.
- The only mill in the valley gave it a monopsony over local timber.
- Low wages are often explained by monopsony power.
- A monopsony can push the price paid to suppliers below a fair level.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MONOPSONY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MONOPSONY
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Common questions about MONOPSONY
- Is MONOPSONY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MONOPSONY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MONOPSONY worth?
- MONOPSONY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MONOPSONY mean?
- A market in which there is only a single buyer for the goods or services on offer.
- What letters can be added to MONOPSONY?
- No single letter can be added to MONOPSONY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of MONOPSONY:
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