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Is etymology a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word etymology is a Scrabble US word. The word etymology is worth 18 points in Scrabble:

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Is etymology a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word etymology is a Scrabble UK word and has 18 points:

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Yes. The word etymology is a Words With Friends word. The word etymology is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

ETYMOLOGY,

7-letter words (1 found)

MYOLOGY,

6-letter words (4 found)

GLOOMY,GOOLEY,MOOLEY,MOTLEY,

5-letter words (18 found)

ELOGY,GEMOT,GLOOM,GOETY,GOLEM,GOOEY,GOOLY,GOYLE,LOOEY,MELTY,METOL,MOLTO,MOOLY,MOTEL,MOTEY,MOYLE,OLOGY,YMOLT,

4-letter words (42 found)

ELMY,EYOT,GELT,GLEY,GLOM,GOEL,GOEY,GOLE,GOOL,GYTE,LOGE,LOGO,LOGY,LOME,LOOM,LOOT,LOTE,LOTO,LYME,LYTE,MELT,MOLE,MOLT,MOLY,MOOL,MOOT,MOTE,MOYL,OGLE,OLEO,TOEY,TOGE,TOLE,TOME,TOMO,TOOL,TOOM,TOYO,YELM,YELT,YGOE,YLEM,

3-letter words (49 found)

EGO,ELM,ELT,EMO,GEL,GEM,GEO,GET,GEY,GOE,GOO,GOT,GOY,GYM,LEG,LET,LEY,LOG,LOO,LOT,LOY,LYE,LYM,MEG,MEL,MET,MOE,MOG,MOL,MOO,MOT,MOY,OLE,OLM,OOM,OOT,OYE,TEG,TEL,TOE,TOG,TOM,TOO,TOY,TYE,TYG,YET,YGO,YOM,

2-letter words (16 found)

EL,EM,ET,GO,LO,ME,MO,MY,OE,OM,OO,OY,TE,TO,YE,YO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 132 words from etymology according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of etymology

etymology

Etymology

From Middle English ethymologie, from Old French ethimologie, from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología), from ἔτυμον (étumon, “true sense”) and -λογία (-logía, “study or logic of”), from λόγος (lógos, “word; explanation”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĕt'ĭ-mŏlʹə-jē; IPA(key): /ˌɛt.ɪˈmɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
  • (General American) enPR: ĕt'ə-mŏʹlə-jē; IPA(key): /ˌɛt.əˈmɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, [ˌɛɾ.əˈmɑ.lə.d͡ʒi]
  • (General Australian) enPR: ĕt'ə-mŏlʹə-jē; IPA(key): /ˌet.əˈmɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/, [ˌeɾ.əˈmɔl.ə.d͡ʒi]
  • Hyphenation: e‧ty‧mo‧lo‧gy
  • Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

etymology (countable and uncountable, plural etymologies)

  2. (uncountable, linguistics) The scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its constituent morphemes and phonemes.
  4. (countable) The entire catalogue of meanings that a word, morpheme, or sign has carried throughout its history; lit. the logic of the etymon.
  6. (countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.
    Synonym: derivation
  7. (countable) The direct origin of a name, as in who someone was named after.

Usage notes

  • Not to be confused with entomology (“the study of insects”) or etiology (“the study of causes or origins”).
  • Not to be confused with the origin of the object or person the word refers to.

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References

  • “etymology”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
  • “etymology”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • "etymology" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Source: wiktionary.org