FAMILIST is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. FAMILIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FAMILIST?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAMILIST is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAMILIST
No single letter turns FAMILIST into another word.
How FAMILIST scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FAMILIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FAMILIST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FAMILIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A member of the Family of Love, a mystical sect of the sixteenth century.
The sect began in the Netherlands and had followers in England about 1580. Familists held that religion consists wholly of love, and critics accused them of dangerous heresy. Historians of the Reformation still study them.
How FAMILIST is used
Used in religious history.
- The queen's officers searched the village for any familist.
- A familist could be fined for refusing to attend the parish church.
- The pamphlet attacked the familist as a hypocrite.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAMILIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FAMILIST
1 longer words begin with FAMILIST.
Shorter words from the letters in FAMILIST
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Common questions about FAMILIST
- Is FAMILIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAMILIST, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAMILIST worth?
- FAMILIST is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAMILIST mean?
- A member of the Family of Love, a mystical sect of the sixteenth century.
- What letters can be added to FAMILIST?
- No single letter can be added to FAMILIST to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FAMILIST:
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