OLIGOPSONY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. OLIGOPSONY 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 OLIGOPSONY?
| 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 OLIGOPSONY is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OLIGOPSONY
No single letter turns OLIGOPSONY into another word.
How OLIGOPSONY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in OLIGOPSONY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 3 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OLIGOPSONY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OLIGOPSONY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A market in which only a few buyers exist, giving each of them great power over sellers.
Economists contrast oligopsony with oligopoly, where the few are sellers rather than buyers. Farmers who sell to just a handful of large processors face an oligopsony, and prices can be pushed down.
How OLIGOPSONY is used
Used in economics and competition law, as in an oligopsony in the meat-packing industry.
- Dairy farmers faced an oligopsony of three big buyers.
- The regulator warned that the oligopsony was driving down prices.
- An oligopsony gives buyers leverage over suppliers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OLIGOPSONY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OLIGOPSONY
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Common questions about OLIGOPSONY
- Is OLIGOPSONY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OLIGOPSONY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OLIGOPSONY worth?
- OLIGOPSONY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OLIGOPSONY mean?
- A market in which only a few buyers exist, giving each of them great power over sellers.
- What letters can be added to OLIGOPSONY?
- No single letter can be added to OLIGOPSONY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of OLIGOPSONY:
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