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Is tropology a Scrabble word?

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

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Is tropology a Scrabble UK word?

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

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9-letter words (1 found)

TROPOLOGY,

8-letter words (2 found)

OPTOLOGY,TOPOLOGY,

7-letter words (2 found)

OROLOGY,OTOLOGY,

6-letter words (8 found)

GLOOPY,GROOLY,OOLOGY,POORLY,PORTLY,PROLOG,PROTYL,ROTOLO,

5-letter words (17 found)

GLOOP,GLORY,GOOLY,GOOPY,GOORY,GRYPT,LOOPY,OLOGY,ORLOP,POORT,PORGY,PORTY,POTOO,PROTO,ROOPY,ROOTY,TROOP,

4-letter words (53 found)

GLOP,GOLP,GOOL,GOOP,GOOR,GORP,GORY,GROT,GYPO,GYRO,LOGO,LOGY,LOOP,LOOR,LOOT,LORY,LOTO,ORGY,PLOT,PLOY,POGO,POGY,POLO,POLT,POLY,POOL,POOR,POOT,PORT,PORY,PROG,PROO,PYOT,PYRO,ROOP,ROOT,ROPY,ROTL,ROTO,RYOT,TOOL,TOPO,TORO,TORY,TOYO,TROG,TROP,TROY,TRYP,TYPO,TYRO,YOOP,YORP,

3-letter words (33 found)

GOO,GOR,GOT,GOY,GYP,LOG,LOO,LOP,LOR,LOT,LOY,OOP,OOR,OOT,OPT,ORG,ORT,PLY,POL,POO,POT,PRO,PRY,ROO,ROT,TOG,TOO,TOP,TOR,TOY,TRY,TYG,YGO,

2-letter words (9 found)

GO,LO,OO,OP,OR,OY,PO,TO,YO,

You can make 125 words from tropology according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tropology

tropology

Etymology

From Late Latin tropologia, from Late Greek τροπολογία (tropología), equivalent to trope + -ology.

Noun

tropology (countable and uncountable, plural tropologies)

  1. (rhetoric) The use of a trope (metaphor or figure of speech).
  2. (theology, philosophy) The interpretation of scripture or other work in order to educe moral or figurative meaning; a treatise of such interpretation.
  3. A recurring motif or metaphor, a trope; an interplay of tropes.
    • 1994, Lee Edelman, preface, Homographesis, hardcover edition, page xiv,
      These essays, in other words, endeavor to read the literary, cultural, and political implications of the tropologies of sexuality that are put into play once the field of sexuality becomes charged by the widespread availability of a "homosexual" identity, and they explore the determining relation between "homosexuality" and "identity" as both have been constructed in modern Euro-American societies.

Usage notes

The countable interpretation of the sense the use of a trope is an instance of something being used as a trope, which is indistinguishable from trope.

Related terms

  • trope
  • tropologic
  • tropological

See also

  • allegory
  • anagogy
  • exegesis
  • hermeneutics

Anagrams

  • protology

Source: wiktionary.org