Definitions For Innumeracy

Noun

INNUMERACY (plural innumeracies) An ignorance of mathematics, or an inability to manipulate numbers : The man suffered from innumeracy stemming from a brain injury, and depended on his wife for all financial matters, no matter how trivial.

Antonyms

numeracy

Etymology

from in + numeracy, coined by cognitive scientist {{w + douglas hofstadter}} and popularized by mathematician {{w + john allen paulos}} in his 1989 book {{w + innumeracy (book) + innumeracy: mathematical illiteracy and its consequences}}.

See also

illiteracy

Is Innumeracy a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
21

The word Innumeracy is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends

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