TAUTONYMY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. TAUTONYMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TAUTONYMY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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 TAUTONYMY is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAUTONYMY
No single letter turns TAUTONYMY into another word.
How TAUTONYMY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in TAUTONYMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TAUTONYMY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TAUTONYMY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The use of the same word for both the genus and the species in a scientific name.
Tautonymy is common in zoology, where the red fox appears as Vulpes vulpes. Botanical naming codes forbid it. The term comes from Greek words meaning the same name.
How TAUTONYMY is used
Tautonymy is a technical term from biological classification.
- The gorilla is an example of tautonymy, Gorilla gorilla.
- Tautonymy is allowed in zoology but not in botany.
- The student noted the tautonymy in the species list.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAUTONYMY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TAUTONYMY
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Common questions about TAUTONYMY
- Is TAUTONYMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAUTONYMY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAUTONYMY worth?
- TAUTONYMY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAUTONYMY mean?
- The use of the same word for both the genus and the species in a scientific name.
- What letters can be added to TAUTONYMY?
- No single letter can be added to TAUTONYMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of TAUTONYMY:
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