EONISM is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. EONISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EONISM?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EONISM is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EONISM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EONISM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in EONISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 28,744.
What does EONISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalmedicalrare
A historical term for a man's adoption of the dress, mannerisms, or behavior conventionally associated with women.
Eonism was coined in the early twentieth century by the writer Havelock Ellis, who took the name from the Chevalier d'Eon, an eighteenth-century French diplomat known for living part of a long career presenting as a woman. The term belongs to the history of psychology rather than to current clinical language, which now uses other, more precise terms for gender identity and expression. It survives mainly in older books on the history of psychology and in word lists rather than in everyday or modern professional use.
How EONISM is used
A dated term found in older psychological writing; not used in current clinical or everyday language.
- The historian traced the word eonism back to an early twentieth-century study.
- Older textbooks on the history of psychology still list eonism among period terms.
- The lecture explained why eonism fell out of use in later research.
- He found the word eonism only in a decades-old reference book.
- The essay used eonism strictly as a historical label, not a modern one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EONISM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EONISM
The 6 tiles of EONISM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with EONISM
1 longer words begin with EONISM.
Shorter words from the letters in EONISM
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Common questions about EONISM
- Is EONISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EONISM, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EONISM worth?
- EONISM is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EONISM mean?
- A historical term for a man's adoption of the dress, mannerisms, or behavior conventionally associated with women.
- What letters can be added to EONISM?
- EONISM takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of EONISM:
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