ADOPTIONISM is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ADOPTIONISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ADOPTIONISM?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADOPTIONISM is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADOPTIONISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
adoptionismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ADOPTIONISM scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ADOPTIONISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ADOPTIONISM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ADOPTIONISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
An early Christian teaching, later judged heretical, that Jesus became the Son of God by divine adoption.
Early church councils condemned adoptionism as heresy, because it denied that Christ was divine from the beginning. Debates over the doctrine returned in eighth-century Spain.
How ADOPTIONISM is used
A theological term used in church history and doctrine.
- Adoptionism was rejected by the early church.
- The bishop was accused of adoptionism.
- Historians trace adoptionism to second-century Rome.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADOPTIONISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ADOPTIONISM
1 longer words begin with ADOPTIONISM.
Shorter words from the letters in ADOPTIONISM
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Common questions about ADOPTIONISM
- Is ADOPTIONISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ADOPTIONISM, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ADOPTIONISM worth?
- ADOPTIONISM is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADOPTIONISM mean?
- An early Christian teaching, later judged heretical, that Jesus became the Son of God by divine adoption.
- What letters can be added to ADOPTIONISM?
- ADOPTIONISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ADOPTIONISM:
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