COMMUNALISM is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. COMMUNALISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 26 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COMMUNALISM?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COMMUNALISM is to know. It scores 19 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COMMUNALISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
communalismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COMMUNALISM scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in COMMUNALISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 3 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. COMMUNALISM needs 1 blank tile.
What does COMMUNALISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A system or principle in which people live together and share property and responsibilities, or in which loyalty is owed first to a local community or group.
Communalism can describe a hopeful experiment in shared living as well as a political idea about self-governing communes. In some regions the term is used for loyalty to a religious or ethnic group over the wider nation. The meaning depends heavily on the writer and the country.
How COMMUNALISM is used
Appears in history, politics and sociology; check the context to know which sense is meant.
- The settlers practised a simple form of communalism, pooling their tools and harvests.
- Historians trace the idea of communalism back to the self-governing towns of the Middle Ages.
- Critics warned that communalism could divide the country along group lines.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COMMUNALISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COMMUNALISM
1 longer words begin with COMMUNALISM.
Shorter words from the letters in COMMUNALISM
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Common questions about COMMUNALISM
- Is COMMUNALISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COMMUNALISM, where it scores 26 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COMMUNALISM worth?
- COMMUNALISM is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COMMUNALISM mean?
- A system or principle in which people live together and share property and responsibilities, or in which loyalty is owed first to a local community or group.
- What letters can be added to COMMUNALISM?
- COMMUNALISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of COMMUNALISM:
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