Is ONTOLOGY a word?
ONTOLOGY is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words With Friends, has 8 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 51 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, ONTOLOGY is a valid word.
What does ontology mean?
noun: (computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
ONTOLOGY: word details
- Pronunciation: ahn-TAH-luh-jee (approx., 4 syllables)
- Length: 8 letters, a long word. It is one of 40,530 8-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 14 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside ontology
Words you can make from the letters of ontology.
Solve a whole rack, not just ONTOLOGY
ONTOLOGY is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does ONTOLOGY mean?
ONTOLOGY is a noun. It means: (computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations.
Is ONTOLOGY a valid word?
Yes, ONTOLOGY is a valid word. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.