ATOMISM is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ATOMISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ATOMISM?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ATOMISM is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ATOMISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
atomismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ATOMISM scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ATOMISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,029 thousand.
What does ATOMISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The doctrine that the universe, or any complex whole, is made up of simple, separate and independent basic units.
Atomism began with ancient Greek thinkers who imagined matter as tiny indivisible particles. The term was later borrowed for psychology and social theory, where it means explaining a complex thing by its smallest parts.
How ATOMISM is used
You will see atomism in philosophy and history of science, often set against theories that treat the whole as more than its parts.
- Democritus is often named as the founder of ancient atomism.
- Critics said that psychological atomism ignored how ideas connect.
- The lecture compared atomism with the view that matter is continuous.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ATOMISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ATOMISM
1 longer words begin with ATOMISM.
Shorter words from the letters in ATOMISM
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Common questions about ATOMISM
- Is ATOMISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ATOMISM, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ATOMISM worth?
- ATOMISM is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ATOMISM mean?
- The doctrine that the universe, or any complex whole, is made up of simple, separate and independent basic units.
- What letters can be added to ATOMISM?
- ATOMISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ATOMISM:
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