CUBIST is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CUBIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CUBIST?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CUBIST is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CUBIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cubistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CUBIST scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CUBIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What stands out about CUBIST
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CUBIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
An artist who works in the style of cubism, breaking objects into geometric shapes seen from several angles at once.
The movement began in Paris in the early twentieth century with Picasso and Braque, and a cubist painter treats a guitar or a face as a set of planes rather than a single view. The word is also used as an adjective for work in that manner.
How CUBIST is used
Used in art history; also as an adjective meaning in the style of cubism.
- Picasso is the best known cubist of the twentieth century.
- The cubist painted the violin as a scatter of flat shapes.
- A cubist portrait may show the nose in profile and the eyes from the front.
- Critics first used the word cubist as a joke.
- She studied under a cubist who taught in Paris.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CUBIST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CUBIST
The 6 tiles of CUBIST in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CUBIST
3 longer words begin with CUBIST.
Shorter words from the letters in CUBIST
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Common questions about CUBIST
- Is CUBIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CUBIST, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CUBIST worth?
- CUBIST is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CUBIST mean?
- An artist who works in the style of cubism, breaking objects into geometric shapes seen from several angles at once.
- What letters can be added to CUBIST?
- CUBIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CUBIST:
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