GALVANISM is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. GALVANISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GALVANISM?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GALVANISM is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GALVANISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
galvanismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GALVANISM scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in GALVANISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GALVANISM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GALVANISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicaltechnical
Electricity produced by chemical action, or the medical use of electric current.
The word honours Luigi Galvani, whose frog-leg experiments in the eighteenth century showed that electricity could move muscle. Early scientists spoke of galvanism where modern writers would say electric current.
How GALVANISM is used
Mostly historical or literary; also appears in discussions of early electrical medicine.
- Galvanism fascinated Victorian audiences.
- The novel hints that galvanism might restore the dead.
- He wrote an essay on galvanism and the nervous system.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GALVANISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GALVANISM
1 longer words begin with GALVANISM.
Shorter words from the letters in GALVANISM
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Common questions about GALVANISM
- Is GALVANISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GALVANISM, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GALVANISM worth?
- GALVANISM is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GALVANISM mean?
- Electricity produced by chemical action, or the medical use of electric current.
- What letters can be added to GALVANISM?
- GALVANISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of GALVANISM:
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