SYNONYM is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SYNONYM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SYNONYM?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SYNONYM is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SYNONYM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SYNONYM scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SYNONYM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 16,675 thousand.
What stands out about SYNONYM
- SYNONYM gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SYNONYM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A word or phrase that means the same or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language.
Thesauruses are collections of synonym groups, though few synonyms are perfect copies. Each choice may differ in tone or strength. In biology a synonym is also an older or alternative scientific name for the same species.
How SYNONYM is used
Synonym is used in language study and in biology for alternative names.
- Big is a common synonym for large.
- The writer searched for a livelier synonym for said.
- Her name has become a synonym for reliability.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SYNONYM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SYNONYM
Showing 24 of 25 words that begin with SYNONYM.
Shorter words from the letters in SYNONYM
Common questions about SYNONYM
- Is SYNONYM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SYNONYM, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SYNONYM worth?
- SYNONYM is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SYNONYM mean?
- A word or phrase that means the same or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language.
- What letters can be added to SYNONYM?
- SYNONYM takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SYNONYM:
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