FAMILISM is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. FAMILISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FAMILISM?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAMILISM is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAMILISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
familismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FAMILISM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FAMILISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FAMILISM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FAMILISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A social outlook or system that puts the family and its bonds ahead of the individual; also the beliefs of the Familists, a former religious sect.
Sociologists use familism for cultures in which loyalty to relatives shapes careers, marriage and money. In older history the term pointed instead to the Family of Love, a mystical sect of the sixteenth century.
How FAMILISM is used
Familism appears in sociology and history texts rather than in everyday conversation.
- Strong familism meant that cousins often worked in the same business.
- The study linked familism with close ties between generations.
- Historians trace one strand of familism to a sixteenth-century religious group.
- Critics said that familism could discourage people from leaving their home town.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAMILISM and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FAMILISM
1 longer words begin with FAMILISM.
Shorter words from the letters in FAMILISM
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Common questions about FAMILISM
- Is FAMILISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAMILISM, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAMILISM worth?
- FAMILISM is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAMILISM mean?
- A social outlook or system that puts the family and its bonds ahead of the individual; also the beliefs of the Familists, a former religious sect.
- What letters can be added to FAMILISM?
- FAMILISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FAMILISM:
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