Googol in Scrabble and Meaning

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Is googol a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word googol is a Scrabble US word. The word googol is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

G2O1O1G2O1L1

Is googol a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word googol is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

G2O1O1G2O1L1

Is googol a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word googol is a Words With Friends word. The word googol is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

G3O1O1G3O1L2

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6-letter words (1 found)

GOOGOL,

4-letter words (4 found)

GOGO,GOOG,GOOL,LOGO,

3-letter words (3 found)

GOO,LOG,LOO,

2-letter words (3 found)

GO,LO,OO,

You can make 11 words from googol according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of googol

googol

Etymology

Coined by nine-year-old Milton Sirotta in 1920, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner, who had asked Milton to think of a name for the 100th power of ten. The word was first published in the book Mathematics and the Imagination (1940).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡuː.ɡəl/, /ˈɡuː.ɡɒl/
  • (General American) enPR: go͞o′gəl, go͞o′gŏl, IPA(key): /ˈɡu.ɡəl/, /ˈɡu.ɡɑl/
  • Rhymes: -uːɡəl
  • Homophones: google, Google

Numeral

googol (plural googols)

  1. The number 10 100 {\displaystyle 10^{100}} , or ten to the power of a hundred. Equivalent to ten duotrigintillion (short scale), or ten sexdecilliard (long scale). [from 1920.]

Derived terms

  • Google
  • googolgon
  • googolplex
  • googolplexplex
  • googolplexth
  • googolth
  • googillion

Translations

References

  • “googol”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • “googol”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Finnish

Etymology

From English googol.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡoːɡol/, [ˈɡo̞ːɡo̞l]
  • Rhymes: -oːɡol
  • Syllabification(key): goo‧gol

Numeral

googol

  1. googol

Declension

Malay

Alternative forms

  • ݢوݢول

Etymology

Borrowed from English googol.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡoɡol/
  • Rhymes: -oɡol, -ɡol, -ol

Numeral

googol

  1. googol

Synonyms

  • puluh duotrigintilion / دووتريݢينتيليون ڤولوه

Portuguese

Numeral

googol m (plural googols)

  1. googol (1 followed by 100 zeros)

Source: wiktionary.org