POMOLOGY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. POMOLOGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POMOLOGY?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POMOLOGY is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POMOLOGY
No single letter turns POMOLOGY into another word.
How POMOLOGY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in POMOLOGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POMOLOGY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does POMOLOGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The branch of horticulture that studies and cultivates fruit.
Pomology deals with orchards, from choosing apple varieties to pruning and storing the harvest. The name comes from the Latin for fruit tree, and its practitioners are called pomologists.
How POMOLOGY is used
Used in agriculture and horticulture, especially for apple, pear and cherry growing.
- She studied pomology at the agricultural college.
- A shelf of old pomology books described hundreds of apple varieties.
- Advances in pomology have extended the storage life of pears.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POMOLOGY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in POMOLOGY
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Common questions about POMOLOGY
- Is POMOLOGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POMOLOGY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POMOLOGY worth?
- POMOLOGY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POMOLOGY mean?
- The branch of horticulture that studies and cultivates fruit.
- What letters can be added to POMOLOGY?
- No single letter can be added to POMOLOGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of POMOLOGY:
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