PHRENOLOGY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. PHRENOLOGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHRENOLOGY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHRENOLOGY is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHRENOLOGY
No single letter turns PHRENOLOGY into another word.
How PHRENOLOGY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PHRENOLOGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PHRENOLOGY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PHRENOLOGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A discredited nineteenth-century belief that the shape of the skull reveals a person's character and mental abilities.
Followers of phrenology felt the bumps on a head and read them as signs of traits such as caution or generosity. Modern science rejected it as baseless, though it helped spark early interest in the idea that different brain areas do different jobs. Today the word stands for a theory that sounded scientific but was not.
How PHRENOLOGY is used
Used historically, and as an example of pseudoscience.
- Victorian visitors paid to have their heads read by a master of phrenology.
- Phrenology is now regarded as a pseudoscience.
- The museum displays a china bust marked with the zones of phrenology.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHRENOLOGY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PHRENOLOGY
The 10 tiles of PHRENOLOGY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in PHRENOLOGY
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Common questions about PHRENOLOGY
- Is PHRENOLOGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHRENOLOGY, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHRENOLOGY worth?
- PHRENOLOGY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHRENOLOGY mean?
- A discredited nineteenth-century belief that the shape of the skull reveals a person's character and mental abilities.
- What letters can be added to PHRENOLOGY?
- No single letter can be added to PHRENOLOGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PHRENOLOGY:
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