HOLIST is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. HOLIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOLIST?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOLIST is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOLIST
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOLIST scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HOLIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What stands out about HOLIST
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HOLIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A person who follows holism, the view that a whole must be understood as more than the sum of its parts.
A holist refuses to study something by breaking it into small pieces, arguing that the pattern of the whole is what matters. The word is met in philosophy, ecology, medicine and the social sciences, where a holist is set against a reductionist. In health care it may also describe a practitioner who treats the whole person rather than a single symptom. It was formed from the Greek word for whole.
How HOLIST is used
Mainly academic or professional; the related word "holistic" is far more common.
- As a holist, she distrusted any study that looked at one organ in isolation.
- The ecologist was a committed holist and looked at the whole forest.
- Every holist in the debate stressed how the parts depend on each other.
- He called himself a holist rather than a specialist.
- The old reductionist and the young holist argued late into the night.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOLIST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HOLIST
The 6 tiles of HOLIST in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with HOLIST
3 longer words begin with HOLIST.
Shorter words from the letters in HOLIST
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Common questions about HOLIST
- Is HOLIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOLIST, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOLIST worth?
- HOLIST is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOLIST mean?
- A person who follows holism, the view that a whole must be understood as more than the sum of its parts.
- What letters can be added to HOLIST?
- HOLIST takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HOLIST:
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