OLIGOPOLY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. OLIGOPOLY 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 OLIGOPOLY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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 OLIGOPOLY is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OLIGOPOLY
No single letter turns OLIGOPOLY into another word.
How OLIGOPOLY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in OLIGOPOLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 3 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OLIGOPOLY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OLIGOPOLY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A market in which a small number of companies control most of the supply.
In an oligopoly each firm must watch its rivals closely, since one price cut can spark a price war. The few sellers sometimes cooperate openly or tacitly to keep prices high. Airlines and mobile networks are often cited examples.
How OLIGOPOLY is used
Oligopoly is a standard economics term used in business news and competition law.
- The soft drink industry is close to an oligopoly.
- Regulators warned that the oligopoly kept prices artificially high.
- An oligopoly leaves buyers with little real choice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OLIGOPOLY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OLIGOPOLY
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Common questions about OLIGOPOLY
- Is OLIGOPOLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OLIGOPOLY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OLIGOPOLY worth?
- OLIGOPOLY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OLIGOPOLY mean?
- A market in which a small number of companies control most of the supply.
- What letters can be added to OLIGOPOLY?
- No single letter can be added to OLIGOPOLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of OLIGOPOLY:
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