ORISMOLOGY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ORISMOLOGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ORISMOLOGY?
| 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 ORISMOLOGY 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 ORISMOLOGY
No single letter turns ORISMOLOGY into another word.
How ORISMOLOGY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ORISMOLOGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 3 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ORISMOLOGY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ORISMOLOGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The branch of science that explains and defines technical terms.
Orismology is an uncommon word, found mainly in older scientific writing and in lists of rare words. It overlaps with terminology, which is the ordinary word for the specialised vocabulary of a field.
How ORISMOLOGY is used
Rare and learned; orismology occurs in historical works about the naming of terms in natural history.
- A chapter on orismology opened the old botany textbook.
- The professor jokingly called his glossary a work of orismology.
- Orismology deals with defining the terms of a science.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORISMOLOGY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ORISMOLOGY
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Common questions about ORISMOLOGY
- Is ORISMOLOGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORISMOLOGY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORISMOLOGY worth?
- ORISMOLOGY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORISMOLOGY mean?
- The branch of science that explains and defines technical terms.
- What letters can be added to ORISMOLOGY?
- No single letter can be added to ORISMOLOGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ORISMOLOGY:
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