CENSORSHIP is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. CENSORSHIP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CENSORSHIP?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CENSORSHIP is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CENSORSHIP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
censorshipsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CENSORSHIP scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CENSORSHIP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CENSORSHIP has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CENSORSHIP mean in Scrabble?
noun
The official suppression of books, films, news or speech judged unacceptable or dangerous.
Censorship can be run by a state, a church or a company, and it may remove whole works or only single passages. In ancient Rome the word also named the office of the censor, who kept the citizen lists.
How CENSORSHIP is used
Common in debates about free speech, media and the arts.
- The film was banned under strict censorship laws.
- Writers protested against censorship of the press.
- Wartime censorship removed place names from the letters.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CENSORSHIP and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CENSORSHIP
1 longer words begin with CENSORSHIP.
Shorter words from the letters in CENSORSHIP
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Common questions about CENSORSHIP
- Is CENSORSHIP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CENSORSHIP, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CENSORSHIP worth?
- CENSORSHIP is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CENSORSHIP mean?
- The official suppression of books, films, news or speech judged unacceptable or dangerous.
- What letters can be added to CENSORSHIP?
- CENSORSHIP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CENSORSHIP:
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