PSYCHOMETRY is a valid Scrabble word — 26 points
Yes. PSYCHOMETRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 26 points in Scrabble and 26 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PSYCHOMETRY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PSYCHOMETRY is to know. It scores 26 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PSYCHOMETRY
No single letter turns PSYCHOMETRY into another word.
How PSYCHOMETRY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PSYCHOMETRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PSYCHOMETRY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PSYCHOMETRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The measurement of mental abilities and traits, or the claimed power to learn about people by touching objects they owned.
In psychology, psychometry covers the science behind tests of intelligence, aptitude and personality. The same word is also used in spiritualism for a supposed gift of sensing the history of an object. Readers should check the context to see which sense is meant.
How PSYCHOMETRY is used
The scientific sense is more usual today; the occult sense appears in older and fictional texts.
- She studied psychometry to learn how reliable tests are designed.
- In the story, the medium claimed to practise psychometry with a stranger's ring.
- Modern psychometry relies on careful statistics rather than guesswork.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PSYCHOMETRY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PSYCHOMETRY
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Common questions about PSYCHOMETRY
- Is PSYCHOMETRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PSYCHOMETRY, where it scores 26 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PSYCHOMETRY worth?
- PSYCHOMETRY is worth 26 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PSYCHOMETRY mean?
- The measurement of mental abilities and traits, or the claimed power to learn about people by touching objects they owned.
- What letters can be added to PSYCHOMETRY?
- No single letter can be added to PSYCHOMETRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PSYCHOMETRY:
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