CONCRETISM is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CONCRETISM 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 CONCRETISM?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CONCRETISM is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CONCRETISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
concretismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CONCRETISM scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CONCRETISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CONCRETISM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CONCRETISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The tendency to present abstract ideas in tangible form, or the practice of concrete poetry.
Concretism in poetry arranges words so that their shape on the page forms part of the meaning. In philosophy and psychology it names a habit of thinking in literal, tangible terms.
How CONCRETISM is used
A specialist term in literature, art and philosophy.
- The poem's concretism turns the words into a spiral.
- Critics linked his concretism to a distrust of vague theory.
- Early concretism in Brazil influenced poets abroad.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CONCRETISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CONCRETISM
1 longer words begin with CONCRETISM.
Shorter words from the letters in CONCRETISM
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Common questions about CONCRETISM
- Is CONCRETISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CONCRETISM, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CONCRETISM worth?
- CONCRETISM is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CONCRETISM mean?
- The tendency to present abstract ideas in tangible form, or the practice of concrete poetry.
- What letters can be added to CONCRETISM?
- CONCRETISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CONCRETISM:
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