AUTOMATIST is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. AUTOMATIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUTOMATIST?
| 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 AUTOMATIST is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUTOMATIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
automatistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AUTOMATIST scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in AUTOMATIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 3 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AUTOMATIST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AUTOMATIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A person who works by automatism, such as a surrealist artist or a medium who writes without conscious control.
An automatist lets the hand move without planning, hoping to reach ideas from the unconscious. The term is tied to Surrealism and Spiritualism, and in philosophy it can refer to someone who believes living things are machines.
How AUTOMATIST is used
Specialist word from art history, spiritualism and the philosophy of mind.
- The automatist filled a page with unplanned lines.
- Surrealist automatists wrote for hours without editing.
- A Victorian automatist claimed that spirits guided her pen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUTOMATIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AUTOMATIST
1 longer words begin with AUTOMATIST.
Shorter words from the letters in AUTOMATIST
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Common questions about AUTOMATIST
- Is AUTOMATIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUTOMATIST, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUTOMATIST worth?
- AUTOMATIST is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUTOMATIST mean?
- A person who works by automatism, such as a surrealist artist or a medium who writes without conscious control.
- What letters can be added to AUTOMATIST?
- AUTOMATIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of AUTOMATIST:
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