SEMASIOLOGY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. SEMASIOLOGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEMASIOLOGY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEMASIOLOGY is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEMASIOLOGY
No single letter turns SEMASIOLOGY into another word.
How SEMASIOLOGY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SEMASIOLOGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SEMASIOLOGY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SEMASIOLOGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The branch of linguistics that studies the meanings of words and how those meanings change.
Semasiology starts from a word and asks which senses it carries and how they developed. It is the reverse of onomasiology, which starts from an idea and looks for its names. The term is mostly used in older or continental linguistics.
How SEMASIOLOGY is used
Scholarly term, mainly in linguistics and the history of language.
- Semasiology traces how the word nice shifted in meaning.
- Her thesis on semasiology covered medieval vocabulary.
- A lecture on semasiology opened the seminar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEMASIOLOGY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SEMASIOLOGY
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Common questions about SEMASIOLOGY
- Is SEMASIOLOGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEMASIOLOGY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEMASIOLOGY worth?
- SEMASIOLOGY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEMASIOLOGY mean?
- The branch of linguistics that studies the meanings of words and how those meanings change.
- What letters can be added to SEMASIOLOGY?
- No single letter can be added to SEMASIOLOGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SEMASIOLOGY:
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