BELLETRISTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. BELLETRISTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BELLETRISTIC?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BELLETRISTIC is to know. It scores 16 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BELLETRISTIC
No single letter turns BELLETRISTIC into another word.
How BELLETRISTIC scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in BELLETRISTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BELLETRISTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BELLETRISTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Relating to fine, polished literature valued for its style and charm rather than its practical information.
Belletristic writing is the essay, sketch or reflection prized for how it reads. The term sometimes carries a faint sneer, hinting that the elegance is slight and the substance light.
How BELLETRISTIC is used
Belletristic is a bookish word used by critics when discussing essays, memoirs and literary taste.
- His belletristic essays charmed readers who cared little for the topics.
- The magazine favoured a belletristic tone over hard reporting.
- Critics called the book belletristic, meaning graceful but slight.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BELLETRISTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BELLETRISTIC
1 longer words begin with BELLETRISTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in BELLETRISTIC
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Common questions about BELLETRISTIC
- Is BELLETRISTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BELLETRISTIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BELLETRISTIC worth?
- BELLETRISTIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BELLETRISTIC mean?
- Relating to fine, polished literature valued for its style and charm rather than its practical information.
- What letters can be added to BELLETRISTIC?
- No single letter can be added to BELLETRISTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of BELLETRISTIC:
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