ONOMASTICIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ONOMASTICIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ONOMASTICIAN?
| 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 ONOMASTICIAN is to know. It scores 16 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ONOMASTICIAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
onomasticiansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ONOMASTICIAN scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in ONOMASTICIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ONOMASTICIAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ONOMASTICIAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A scholar who studies the origins and forms of proper names.
An onomastician might trace how a surname changed over centuries or why a town received its name. The field overlaps with history and linguistics. It is a specialist label, rarely met outside academic writing.
How ONOMASTICIAN is used
Used in scholarly contexts for someone who researches names of people and places.
- The onomastician traced the village name back to an old river word.
- As an onomastician, she kept a card index of medieval surnames.
- A visiting onomastician gave a talk on street names.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ONOMASTICIAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ONOMASTICIAN
1 longer words begin with ONOMASTICIAN.
Shorter words from the letters in ONOMASTICIAN
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Common questions about ONOMASTICIAN
- Is ONOMASTICIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ONOMASTICIAN, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ONOMASTICIAN worth?
- ONOMASTICIAN is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ONOMASTICIAN mean?
- A scholar who studies the origins and forms of proper names.
- What letters can be added to ONOMASTICIAN?
- ONOMASTICIAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of ONOMASTICIAN:
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