PARONYMY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. PARONYMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARONYMY?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARONYMY is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARONYMY
No single letter turns PARONYMY into another word.
How PARONYMY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PARONYMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PARONYMY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PARONYMY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The relationship between words that are related in form or sound, such as words with the same root.
Linguists use paronymy to describe pairs such as wise and wisdom, or lexical neighbours easily mistaken for one another. The term paronymy sits close to homonymy, but it stresses similarity of form and origin rather than identical spelling.
How PARONYMY is used
A linguistic term, found in grammar and vocabulary studies.
- The textbook explained paronymy with the pair affect and effect.
- Paronymy often causes mistakes among learners of a foreign language.
- The lecture compared paronymy with synonymy and antonymy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARONYMY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PARONYMY
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Common questions about PARONYMY
- Is PARONYMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARONYMY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARONYMY worth?
- PARONYMY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARONYMY mean?
- The relationship between words that are related in form or sound, such as words with the same root.
- What letters can be added to PARONYMY?
- No single letter can be added to PARONYMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PARONYMY:
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