CICISBEISM is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. CICISBEISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CICISBEISM?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CICISBEISM is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CICISBEISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cicisbeismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CICISBEISM scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CICISBEISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CICISBEISM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CICISBEISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
rarehistorical
The custom, especially in eighteenth-century Italy, of a married woman having a recognised male companion who attended her in public.
The practice was openly accepted in polite society and was often written into marriage arrangements, which separates it from a secret affair. Travellers of the period found it strange, and cicisbeism is now mainly met in social history.
How CICISBEISM is used
Cicisbeism is a rare, learned word from social and cultural history.
- Visitors to Venice were surprised by the open cicisbeism of the aristocracy.
- The essay traces how cicisbeism shaped courtship customs.
- Cicisbeism was tolerated by many husbands of the time.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CICISBEISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CICISBEISM
1 longer words begin with CICISBEISM.
Shorter words from the letters in CICISBEISM
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Common questions about CICISBEISM
- Is CICISBEISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CICISBEISM, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CICISBEISM worth?
- CICISBEISM is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CICISBEISM mean?
- The custom, especially in eighteenth-century Italy, of a married woman having a recognised male companion who attended her in public.
- What letters can be added to CICISBEISM?
- CICISBEISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CICISBEISM:
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