HAIRSPLITTER is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. HAIRSPLITTER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAIRSPLITTER?
| 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 HAIRSPLITTER is to know. It scores 17 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAIRSPLITTER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hairsplittersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HAIRSPLITTER scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in HAIRSPLITTER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HAIRSPLITTER has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HAIRSPLITTER mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who makes overly fine or needless distinctions in an argument.
A hairsplitter loves tiny differences of meaning that others find trivial, and may delay a decision over a single word. The label is usually mildly critical. Lawyers and philosophers are sometimes teased as a hairsplitter when a debate grows petty.
How HAIRSPLITTER is used
Informal, mildly critical.
- The committee chair was a notorious hairsplitter.
- Don't be such a hairsplitter; we all understood him.
- The hairsplitter argued over every comma.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAIRSPLITTER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HAIRSPLITTER
1 longer words begin with HAIRSPLITTER.
Shorter words from the letters in HAIRSPLITTER
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Common questions about HAIRSPLITTER
- Is HAIRSPLITTER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAIRSPLITTER, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAIRSPLITTER worth?
- HAIRSPLITTER is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAIRSPLITTER mean?
- A person who makes overly fine or needless distinctions in an argument.
- What letters can be added to HAIRSPLITTER?
- HAIRSPLITTER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of HAIRSPLITTER:
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