HUBRISTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. HUBRISTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HUBRISTIC?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HUBRISTIC is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HUBRISTIC
No single letter turns HUBRISTIC into another word.
How HUBRISTIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HUBRISTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HUBRISTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HUBRISTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Showing excessive pride and self-confidence that invites a fall.
A hubristic leader acts as though no one can challenge them, and in stories such behaviour is usually punished. The word is drawn from Greek tragedy, where overreaching pride brings ruin. Commentators use it of politicians, executives and others who ignore warnings.
How HUBRISTIC is used
Used critically about people or plans.
- The hubristic king ignored every warning.
- It was a hubristic plan, doomed from the start.
- Critics called the merger a hubristic mistake.
- His hubristic boast came back to haunt him.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HUBRISTIC and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HUBRISTIC
1 longer words begin with HUBRISTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in HUBRISTIC
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Common questions about HUBRISTIC
- Is HUBRISTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HUBRISTIC, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HUBRISTIC worth?
- HUBRISTIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HUBRISTIC mean?
- Showing excessive pride and self-confidence that invites a fall.
- What letters can be added to HUBRISTIC?
- No single letter can be added to HUBRISTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HUBRISTIC:
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