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Is sociology a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sociology is a Scrabble US word. The word sociology is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Is sociology a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sociology is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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Yes. The word sociology is a Words With Friends word. The word sociology is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

SOCIOLOGY,

7-letter words (2 found)

GIOCOSO,OOLOGIC,

6-letter words (7 found)

COLOGS,COSILY,GOOILY,IGLOOS,ISOLOG,LOGICS,OOLOGY,

5-letter words (21 found)

CLOGS,CLOYS,COILS,COLOG,COOLS,COOLY,GOOLS,GOOLY,GOOSY,IGLOO,LOCIS,LOCOS,LOGIC,LOGOI,LOGOS,OLIOS,OLOGY,SCOOG,SOILY,YOGIC,YOGIS,

4-letter words (36 found)

CIGS,CLOG,CLOY,COGS,COIL,COLS,COLY,COOL,COOS,COSY,COYS,GIOS,GOOL,GOOS,GOYS,LIGS,LOCI,LOCO,LOGO,LOGS,LOGY,LOOS,LOYS,OILS,OILY,OLIO,OOSY,SCOG,SILO,SLOG,SOIL,SOLI,SOLO,SOOL,SYLI,YOGI,

3-letter words (34 found)

CIG,CIS,CLY,COG,COL,COO,COS,COY,GIO,GIS,GOO,GOS,GOY,ICY,IOS,ISO,LIG,LIS,LOG,LOO,LOS,LOY,OIL,OIS,OOS,OYS,SIC,SIG,SLY,SOC,SOG,SOL,SOY,YGO,

2-letter words (13 found)

GI,GO,IO,IS,LI,LO,OI,OO,OS,OY,SI,SO,YO,

You can make 114 words from sociology according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sociology

sociology

Etymology

From French sociologie, coined by Auguste Comte in 1834, itself a combination of Latin socius (“companion, fellowship”) and the Greek suffix Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía), itself from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “word, knowledge”), from socio- +‎ -logy.

Previous mentions of the field in English usually referred to it as social physics.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sō-shē-ŏl′-əjē
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌsəʊsiːˈɒlədʒiː/, /ˌsəʊʃiːˈɒlədʒiː/

Noun

sociology (plural sociologies)

  1. A social science that studies society, human social interaction, patterns of social relationships, and the interactions of culture. Through both theory and applied research, it engages subject matters across a range of microanalysis, mesoanalysis, and macroanalysis.

Meronyms

  • See also Thesaurus:sociology

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • anthropology
  • psychology

References

Further reading

  • "sociology" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 295.

Source: wiktionary.org