ALGORISM is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ALGORISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALGORISM?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALGORISM is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALGORISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
algorismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALGORISM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ALGORISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALGORISM has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ALGORISM
- All 8 letters of ALGORISM are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ALGORISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
The system of counting and calculating with Arabic numerals and the zero.
Algorism is an old word for decimal arithmetic, named after the Persian mathematician al-Khwarizmi. Medieval teachers used it to set the new numerals against the abacus. The modern word algorithm grew out of it.
How ALGORISM is used
Algorism is an archaic term in the history of mathematics.
- Merchants of the period slowly adopted algorism.
- The monk taught algorism from a handwritten text.
- Algorism replaced Roman numerals in daily accounts.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALGORISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALGORISM
2 longer words begin with ALGORISM.
Shorter words from the letters in ALGORISM
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Common questions about ALGORISM
- Is ALGORISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALGORISM, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALGORISM worth?
- ALGORISM is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALGORISM mean?
- The system of counting and calculating with Arabic numerals and the zero.
- What letters can be added to ALGORISM?
- ALGORISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ALGORISM:
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