ONTOLOGY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ONTOLOGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ONTOLOGY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ONTOLOGY is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ONTOLOGY
No single letter turns ONTOLOGY into another word.
How ONTOLOGY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ONTOLOGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 3 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ONTOLOGY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ONTOLOGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The branch of philosophy that studies what exists and the nature of being; also a formal set of concepts in a field and the links between them.
Philosophers ask in ontology whether numbers or minds really exist. Computer scientists borrowed the term for structured vocabularies that describe the objects in a subject area.
How ONTOLOGY is used
Ontology is used in philosophy and in information science, with different but related meanings.
- The seminar covered ontology and the nature of objects.
- The team built an ontology of medical terms for the database.
- Her book challenges the ontology of the old materialists.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ONTOLOGY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ONTOLOGY
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Common questions about ONTOLOGY
- Is ONTOLOGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ONTOLOGY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ONTOLOGY worth?
- ONTOLOGY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ONTOLOGY mean?
- The branch of philosophy that studies what exists and the nature of being; also a formal set of concepts in a field and the links between them.
- What letters can be added to ONTOLOGY?
- No single letter can be added to ONTOLOGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ONTOLOGY:
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