oligarchy

NOUN /ɑlə,ɡɑrki/
9 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH O

oligarchy is a valid 9-letter word worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
O1L1I1G2A1R1C3H4Y4
1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 4 =18 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 36TRIPLE WORD → 54
MEANING

What does oligarchy mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

A political system governed by a few people.

“one of his cardinal convictions was that Britain was not run as a democracy but as an oligarchy”

“the big cities were notoriously in the hands of the oligarchy of local businessmen”