ANIMALISM is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ANIMALISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANIMALISM?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANIMALISM is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANIMALISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
animalismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANIMALISM scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ANIMALISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANIMALISM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANIMALISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
Behaviour ruled by physical appetites and instinct, or the view that humans are essentially animals.
Critics once used animalism for sensual living with no moral restraint, and philosophers use it for a theory of personal identity. Context shows which sense of animalism is meant.
How ANIMALISM is used
The noun animalism appears in older moral writing and in philosophical discussion.
- The preacher condemned the animalism of the crowd.
- Animalism in philosophy says we are biological organisms.
- There was a raw animalism in his dancing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANIMALISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANIMALISM
1 longer words begin with ANIMALISM.
Shorter words from the letters in ANIMALISM
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Common questions about ANIMALISM
- Is ANIMALISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANIMALISM, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANIMALISM worth?
- ANIMALISM is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANIMALISM mean?
- Behaviour ruled by physical appetites and instinct, or the view that humans are essentially animals.
- What letters can be added to ANIMALISM?
- ANIMALISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ANIMALISM:
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