SEMIOLOGY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SEMIOLOGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEMIOLOGY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEMIOLOGY is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEMIOLOGY
No single letter turns SEMIOLOGY into another word.
How SEMIOLOGY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SEMIOLOGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SEMIOLOGY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SEMIOLOGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The study of signs and symbols and how they carry meaning.
Semiology looks at how words, images and gestures stand for ideas, and it is tied to the Swiss linguist Saussure. The term semiotics covers much the same ground, while in medicine the older word refers to the signs of disease.
How SEMIOLOGY is used
Semiology appears in linguistics, media studies and philosophy, especially in European writing.
- Her course on semiology examined road signs and advertising.
- The essay applied semiology to fashion.
- He read a book on semiology to understand film language.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEMIOLOGY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SEMIOLOGY
The 9 tiles of SEMIOLOGY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SEMIOLOGY
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Common questions about SEMIOLOGY
- Is SEMIOLOGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEMIOLOGY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEMIOLOGY worth?
- SEMIOLOGY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEMIOLOGY mean?
- The study of signs and symbols and how they carry meaning.
- What letters can be added to SEMIOLOGY?
- No single letter can be added to SEMIOLOGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SEMIOLOGY:
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