ANOMIE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ANOMIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANOMIE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANOMIE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANOMIE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
anomiesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANOMIE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ANOMIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,775.
What does ANOMIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A breakdown of the shared norms and values that normally hold a society or a person together.
Anomie names the drift that sets in when the rules everyone used to follow no longer feel binding, whether after a war, an economic collapse or a sudden change in a person's circumstances. Sociologists reach for anomie rather than confusion because it points to a missing structure, not just a mood. A person living through anomie often reports having no clear standard left to measure right and wrong against. The term entered English from French through the study of suicide and crime in societies undergoing rapid change.
How ANOMIE is used
Mainly a term of sociology and social criticism; rare in ordinary conversation.
- The sociologist used anomie to explain the rise in petty crime after the factory closed.
- Years of anomie left the town without any agreed sense of right and wrong.
- The novel traces one family's anomie after the sudden loss of their farm.
- Durkheim's writing on anomie shaped how later thinkers studied suicide rates.
- Rapid change can produce anomie even in a community that once felt stable.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANOMIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANOMIE
1 longer words begin with ANOMIE.
Shorter words from the letters in ANOMIE
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Common questions about ANOMIE
- Is ANOMIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANOMIE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANOMIE worth?
- ANOMIE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANOMIE mean?
- A breakdown of the shared norms and values that normally hold a society or a person together.
- What letters can be added to ANOMIE?
- ANOMIE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ANOMIE:
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