NECROLOGY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. NECROLOGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NECROLOGY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NECROLOGY is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NECROLOGY
No single letter turns NECROLOGY into another word.
How NECROLOGY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in NECROLOGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NECROLOGY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NECROLOGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
A list or record of people who have recently died, often with short biographical notices.
A necrology is the register a society, school or monastery keeps of its dead members. Newspapers and journals publish them yearly to honour those lost. The word is more formal and collective than obituary, which usually concerns a single person.
How NECROLOGY is used
Necrology appears in learned societies, church records and journals that print notices of the deceased.
- The abbey kept a necrology of every monk buried there.
- The journal published its annual necrology in December.
- Her name was added to the necrology that spring.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NECROLOGY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about NECROLOGY
- Is NECROLOGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NECROLOGY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NECROLOGY worth?
- NECROLOGY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NECROLOGY mean?
- A list or record of people who have recently died, often with short biographical notices.
- What letters can be added to NECROLOGY?
- No single letter can be added to NECROLOGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of NECROLOGY:
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