TOPONYMIST is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. TOPONYMIST 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 TOPONYMIST?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TOPONYMIST is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOPONYMIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
toponymistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TOPONYMIST scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in TOPONYMIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TOPONYMIST has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about TOPONYMIST
- TOPONYMIST begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TOPONYMIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
raretechnical
A scholar who studies place names and their origins.
A toponymist asks why a village, river or hill is called what it is, and traces the name back through older languages. The work draws on history, geography and linguistics at once. The field itself is called toponymy.
How TOPONYMIST is used
A scholarly word, mostly found in academic writing about place names.
- The toponymist traced the river name to an ancient root.
- A toponymist can often date a settlement from its name.
- She worked as a toponymist for the national mapping agency.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOPONYMIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TOPONYMIST
1 longer words begin with TOPONYMIST.
Shorter words from the letters in TOPONYMIST
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Common questions about TOPONYMIST
- Is TOPONYMIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TOPONYMIST, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TOPONYMIST worth?
- TOPONYMIST is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOPONYMIST mean?
- A scholar who studies place names and their origins.
- What letters can be added to TOPONYMIST?
- TOPONYMIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of TOPONYMIST:
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