CHEMISM is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CHEMISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHEMISM?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHEMISM is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHEMISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chemismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHEMISM scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CHEMISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,264 thousand.
What does CHEMISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalarchaic
Chemical action or the force by which atoms unite to form compounds.
Chemism belongs to nineteenth-century science writing, where it named the mysterious attraction between substances before modern bonding theory explained it. Today the word is rare and is met mainly in older textbooks and philosophical works.
How CHEMISM is used
Chemism is a dated technical term, mostly found in old scientific and philosophical texts.
- The textbook explained chemism as the cause of combination between elements.
- In his lectures, chemism was treated as a kind of elective affinity.
- Early writers on chemism spoke of attraction long before atomic theory.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHEMISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHEMISM
1 longer words begin with CHEMISM.
Shorter words from the letters in CHEMISM
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Common questions about CHEMISM
- Is CHEMISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHEMISM, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHEMISM worth?
- CHEMISM is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHEMISM mean?
- Chemical action or the force by which atoms unite to form compounds.
- What letters can be added to CHEMISM?
- CHEMISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CHEMISM:
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