ESTHETICISM is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. ESTHETICISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ESTHETICISM?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ESTHETICISM is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ESTHETICISM
Front hooks — 1
aestheticismBack hooks — 1
estheticismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ESTHETICISM scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ESTHETICISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ESTHETICISM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ESTHETICISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A devotion to beauty and artistic taste, treated as more important than practical or moral concerns.
The American spelling of aestheticism is common in books about art history. Estheticism is often linked with the late nineteenth-century idea of art for art's sake.
How ESTHETICISM is used
Used in discussions of art, literature and taste, usually in American spelling.
- His estheticism led him to fill the house with velvet, lilies and peacock feathers.
- Critics accused the poet of estheticism, saying he cared more for sound than for meaning.
- The movement's estheticism shaped the look of many Victorian interiors.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ESTHETICISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ESTHETICISM
1 longer words begin with ESTHETICISM.
Shorter words from the letters in ESTHETICISM
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Common questions about ESTHETICISM
- Is ESTHETICISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ESTHETICISM, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ESTHETICISM worth?
- ESTHETICISM is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ESTHETICISM mean?
- A devotion to beauty and artistic taste, treated as more important than practical or moral concerns.
- What letters can be added to ESTHETICISM?
- ESTHETICISM takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ESTHETICISM:
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