HEROINISM is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HEROINISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEROINISM?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEROINISM is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEROINISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
heroinismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HEROINISM scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HEROINISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HEROINISM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HEROINISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
Addiction to the drug heroin.
Heroinism is a clinical-sounding term for dependence on heroin, found in older medical writing. Most modern sources prefer the phrase heroin addiction. The spelling is easy to confuse with heroine, though the two are unrelated in meaning.
How HEROINISM is used
Heroinism is rare and mostly found in older or technical texts on drug dependence.
- The study looked at heroinism among young adults.
- Early papers on heroinism focused on withdrawal.
- Treatment for heroinism usually combines medicine and counselling.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEROINISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HEROINISM
1 longer words begin with HEROINISM.
Shorter words from the letters in HEROINISM
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Common questions about HEROINISM
- Is HEROINISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEROINISM, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEROINISM worth?
- HEROINISM is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEROINISM mean?
- Addiction to the drug heroin.
- What letters can be added to HEROINISM?
- HEROINISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HEROINISM:
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