Definitions For Deltiology

Noun

DELTIOLOGY (uncountable) The study and collection of postcards.

Hypernyms

study and collection of postcards collection

Derived terms

deltiologist

Translations

Finnish: postikorttien keräily French: deltiologie, f German: Philokartie, f Hungarian: képeslapgyűjtemény Khmer: បណ្ណប្រៃសនីយវិទ្យា (bann pray sa’nii vityie, sc=Khmr) Russian: филокартия

Etymology

Formed by suffixing the (Ancient Greek)  sc=polytonic, δελτίον (deltion; the diminutive form of sc=polytonic, δέλτος, deltos, “writing tablet”) with the {{cog, en, -logy}}.

Is Deltiology a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
15
Words with Friends
17

The word Deltiology is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

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