ONOMATOLOGY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ONOMATOLOGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ONOMATOLOGY?
| 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 ONOMATOLOGY is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ONOMATOLOGY
No single letter turns ONOMATOLOGY into another word.
How ONOMATOLOGY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ONOMATOLOGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 4 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ONOMATOLOGY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ONOMATOLOGY
- The letter O appears four times in ONOMATOLOGY.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ONOMATOLOGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
raretechnical
The study of the origin and history of names and terms.
Onomatology sits close to etymology but concentrates on how things and people come to be named. A scholar might trace a surname, a place or the vocabulary of a trade. The word is rare and mostly met in academic writing; the related field of onomastics is more common.
How ONOMATOLOGY is used
Onomatology appears in linguistics and scholarly writing about naming practices.
- Her interest in onomatology began with her own odd surname.
- A chapter on onomatology explains how streets got their titles.
- The professor lectured on onomatology and local history.
- Onomatology can reveal how a language borrowed words.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ONOMATOLOGY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ONOMATOLOGY
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Common questions about ONOMATOLOGY
- Is ONOMATOLOGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ONOMATOLOGY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ONOMATOLOGY worth?
- ONOMATOLOGY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ONOMATOLOGY mean?
- The study of the origin and history of names and terms.
- What letters can be added to ONOMATOLOGY?
- No single letter can be added to ONOMATOLOGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ONOMATOLOGY:
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