NEOLOGY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. NEOLOGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NEOLOGY?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NEOLOGY is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEOLOGY
No single letter turns NEOLOGY into another word.
How NEOLOGY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in NEOLOGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 330,844.
What does NEOLOGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
The coining or use of new words or phrases, or a new word or meaning in a language.
Linguists talk about neology when they study how fresh vocabulary enters a language through invention or borrowing. It can name the activity of word-making as well as a single result of it.
How NEOLOGY is used
Neology belongs to scholarly writing about language change and is far rarer than the word neologism.
- The professor gave a lecture on neology in the age of the internet.
- Some critics distrust neology, while others celebrate it as a sign of a living language.
- Slang is a rich source of neology among teenagers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEOLOGY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NEOLOGY
The 7 tiles of NEOLOGY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in NEOLOGY
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Common questions about NEOLOGY
- Is NEOLOGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEOLOGY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEOLOGY worth?
- NEOLOGY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEOLOGY mean?
- The coining or use of new words or phrases, or a new word or meaning in a language.
- What letters can be added to NEOLOGY?
- No single letter can be added to NEOLOGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of NEOLOGY:
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