NOMOS is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. NOMOS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOMOS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOMOS is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOMOS
No single letter turns NOMOS into another word.
How NOMOS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NOMOS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 56,018.
What stands out about NOMOS
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NOMOS mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
In ancient Greece, an administrative province, or, in Greek philosophy, a law or custom regarded as binding on a community.
As an administrative term, a nomos was a regional division of ancient Greece, similar to a province or district, a naming system still echoed in the regions of modern Greece. In philosophy, nomos instead meant law or established custom, and Greek thinkers often set it against physis, or nature, when arguing about where human rules truly come from.
How NOMOS is used
Historical and philosophical term, used chiefly in writing about ancient Greek government, law or philosophy.
- Each nomos in ancient Greece had its own governor.
- Philosophers argued over whether justice was a matter of nomos or nature.
- The historian traced how a single nomos was ruled.
- Sophists challenged the idea that nomos always reflected higher truth.
- The essay contrasts nomos with the Greek idea of nature.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOMOS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NOMOS
The 5 tiles of NOMOS in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in NOMOS
Common questions about NOMOS
- Is NOMOS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOMOS, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOMOS worth?
- NOMOS is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOMOS mean?
- In ancient Greece, an administrative province, or, in Greek philosophy, a law or custom regarded as binding on a community.
- What letters can be added to NOMOS?
- No single letter can be added to NOMOS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NOMOS:
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