AUTEURIST is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. AUTEURIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUTEURIST?
| 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 AUTEURIST is to know. It scores 9 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUTEURIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
auteuristsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AUTEURIST scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in AUTEURIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AUTEURIST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AUTEURIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
A film critic or director who holds that the director is the true author of a movie.
An auteurist reads a film as one person's vision, tracing the same themes and style through every title. The term comes from film criticism of the 1950s and sets that view against ones that credit the whole crew.
How AUTEURIST is used
Used in film criticism and cinema studies.
- The auteurist praised the director's signature camera moves.
- A strict auteurist might ignore the screenwriter altogether.
- She is an auteurist who tracks one filmmaker across decades.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUTEURIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AUTEURIST
1 longer words begin with AUTEURIST.
Shorter words from the letters in AUTEURIST
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Common questions about AUTEURIST
- Is AUTEURIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUTEURIST, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUTEURIST worth?
- AUTEURIST is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUTEURIST mean?
- A film critic or director who holds that the director is the true author of a movie.
- What letters can be added to AUTEURIST?
- AUTEURIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of AUTEURIST:
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