SYNECDOCHE is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. SYNECDOCHE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SYNECDOCHE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SYNECDOCHE is to know. It scores 21 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SYNECDOCHE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
synecdochesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SYNECDOCHE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SYNECDOCHE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SYNECDOCHE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SYNECDOCHE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole, or the whole for a part.
Saying all hands on deck for sailors is synecdoche, and so is calling a car wheels. The trick compresses an idea into a vivid detail. It is a close relative of metonymy, though the two are not the same.
How SYNECDOCHE is used
Used in literary study and rhetoric.
- Calling workers hired hands is a synecdoche.
- The teacher asked the class to find a synecdoche in the poem.
- In this synecdoche, the crown means the whole monarchy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SYNECDOCHE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SYNECDOCHE
1 longer words begin with SYNECDOCHE.
Shorter words from the letters in SYNECDOCHE
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Common questions about SYNECDOCHE
- Is SYNECDOCHE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SYNECDOCHE, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SYNECDOCHE worth?
- SYNECDOCHE is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SYNECDOCHE mean?
- A figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole, or the whole for a part.
- What letters can be added to SYNECDOCHE?
- SYNECDOCHE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SYNECDOCHE:
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