EUGENICIST is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. EUGENICIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EUGENICIST?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EUGENICIST is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EUGENICIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
eugenicistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EUGENICIST scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in EUGENICIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EUGENICIST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does EUGENICIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A supporter or student of eugenics, the discredited idea of improving a population by controlling who has children.
Eugenicists were influential in the early twentieth century, and their ideas fed policies now widely condemned as cruel and unscientific. Today the word is used almost entirely in historical or critical writing.
How EUGENICIST is used
Historical and critical in tone; the movement is widely rejected today.
- The eugenicist argued for forced selection of parents.
- Historians study how each eugenicist shaped public policy.
- The book portrays the eugenicist as a dangerous crusader.
- Many an early eugenicist held respected posts at universities.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EUGENICIST and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EUGENICIST
1 longer words begin with EUGENICIST.
Shorter words from the letters in EUGENICIST
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Common questions about EUGENICIST
- Is EUGENICIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EUGENICIST, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EUGENICIST worth?
- EUGENICIST is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EUGENICIST mean?
- A supporter or student of eugenics, the discredited idea of improving a population by controlling who has children.
- What letters can be added to EUGENICIST?
- EUGENICIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of EUGENICIST:
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