PLANETOLOGY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. PLANETOLOGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLANETOLOGY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLANETOLOGY 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 PLANETOLOGY
No single letter turns PLANETOLOGY into another word.
How PLANETOLOGY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PLANETOLOGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PLANETOLOGY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PLANETOLOGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The branch of science that investigates planets, their moons and their physical makeup.
Planetology sits between astronomy and geology, since it treats other worlds as places with rocks, atmospheres and histories. A planetology course may compare the surface of Mars with that of Venus or Earth.
How PLANETOLOGY is used
Planetology appears mostly in academic and space-science writing.
- She chose planetology because she wanted to study volcanoes on other worlds.
- The lecture on planetology compared the crusts of Mercury and the Moon.
- Advances in planetology followed each new probe sent to the outer planets.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLANETOLOGY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PLANETOLOGY
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Common questions about PLANETOLOGY
- Is PLANETOLOGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLANETOLOGY, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLANETOLOGY worth?
- PLANETOLOGY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLANETOLOGY mean?
- The branch of science that investigates planets, their moons and their physical makeup.
- What letters can be added to PLANETOLOGY?
- No single letter can be added to PLANETOLOGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PLANETOLOGY:
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