TOPONYMY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. TOPONYMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TOPONYMY?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TOPONYMY is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOPONYMY
No single letter turns TOPONYMY into another word.
How TOPONYMY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TOPONYMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TOPONYMY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TOPONYMY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The study of place names, their origins and meanings; also the set of place names of a region.
Toponymy draws on language history, geography and old records to explain why a town or river is called what it is. The same word can describe the names themselves, as in the toponymy of Wales.
How TOPONYMY is used
Used in linguistics, geography and history.
- Her thesis on toponymy traced the Viking names in northern England.
- The toponymy of the valley reflects several languages.
- Toponymy can reveal where forests once stood.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOPONYMY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TOPONYMY
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Common questions about TOPONYMY
- Is TOPONYMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TOPONYMY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TOPONYMY worth?
- TOPONYMY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOPONYMY mean?
- The study of place names, their origins and meanings; also the set of place names of a region.
- What letters can be added to TOPONYMY?
- No single letter can be added to TOPONYMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TOPONYMY:
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