ABSURDIST is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ABSURDIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABSURDIST?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABSURDIST is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABSURDIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
absurdistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABSURDIST scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ABSURDIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ABSURDIST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ABSURDIST mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Deliberately ridiculous, showing life as meaningless or illogical.
Absurdist is applied to plays, novels and humour that treat the world as chaotic and without purpose. The weirdness is intended and often funny, unlike something that is merely silly by accident.
How ABSURDIST is used
Absurdist is used of theatre, fiction and comedy, and as a noun for a writer in that style.
- The play has an absurdist sense of humour.
- She wrote absurdist stories about talking furniture.
- An absurdist, he loved illogical plots.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABSURDIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABSURDIST
1 longer words begin with ABSURDIST.
Shorter words from the letters in ABSURDIST
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Common questions about ABSURDIST
- Is ABSURDIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABSURDIST, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABSURDIST worth?
- ABSURDIST is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABSURDIST mean?
- Deliberately ridiculous, showing life as meaningless or illogical.
- What letters can be added to ABSURDIST?
- ABSURDIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ABSURDIST:
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