OLOGY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. OLOGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OLOGY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OLOGY is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OLOGY
Front hooks — 1
oologyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How OLOGY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in OLOGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 112,035.
What does OLOGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalhumorous
An informal, often humorous name for a branch of study or science, especially one whose proper name ends in -ology.
People use ology loosely to talk about any academic subject without naming it precisely, as when someone jokes that a graduate studied some kind of ology at university. The word is clipped from the common suffix -ology, seen in fields such as biology, geology, and psychology, and turned into an independent noun in its own right. Because it deliberately avoids naming the actual subject, ology often carries a light, teasing tone rather than a serious academic one.
How OLOGY is used
Ology is informal and mildly humorous, most often heard in casual conversation rather than in academic writing.
- She's studying some kind of ology, though I can never remember which one.
- He joked that his degree in marine ology just meant he liked fish.
- Universities keep inventing some new ology every few years, or so it feels.
- Half the students in the hall were pursuing one ology or another.
- Ask him what he does and he'll mumble something about an ology.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OLOGY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OLOGY
The 5 tiles of OLOGY in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in OLOGY
Showing 24 of 500 words that end in OLOGY. Useful as a back hook: play OLOGY onto a word already on the board.
Words with OLOGY inside
3 words contain OLOGY in the middle. Words that start with OLOGY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OLOGY
Common questions about OLOGY
- Is OLOGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OLOGY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OLOGY worth?
- OLOGY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OLOGY mean?
- An informal, often humorous name for a branch of study or science, especially one whose proper name ends in -ology.
- What letters can be added to OLOGY?
- OLOGY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of OLOGY:
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