AUTEURISM is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. AUTEURISM 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 AUTEURISM?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUTEURISM is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUTEURISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
auteurismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AUTEURISM scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in AUTEURISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AUTEURISM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AUTEURISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The view that a film director is the true author of a film, shaping it with a personal style.
Auteurism grew out of French film criticism in the 1950s and changed how people talk about movies. Under it, a film is read as the work of one vision, not of a studio or a writer.
How AUTEURISM is used
Auteurism is used in film studies and criticism when discussing directors.
- Auteurism made critics treat directors as artists with a signature style.
- Her course on auteurism covered Hitchcock and Bergman.
- Some writers argue that auteurism ignores the work of the whole crew.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUTEURISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AUTEURISM
1 longer words begin with AUTEURISM.
Shorter words from the letters in AUTEURISM
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Common questions about AUTEURISM
- Is AUTEURISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUTEURISM, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUTEURISM worth?
- AUTEURISM is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUTEURISM mean?
- The view that a film director is the true author of a film, shaping it with a personal style.
- What letters can be added to AUTEURISM?
- AUTEURISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of AUTEURISM:
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