HYLOZOISM is a valid Scrabble word — 26 points
Yes. HYLOZOISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 26 points in Scrabble and 26 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HYLOZOISM?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYLOZOISM is to know. It scores 26 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYLOZOISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hylozoismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HYLOZOISM scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HYLOZOISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HYLOZOISM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HYLOZOISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The philosophical belief that all matter is alive or has life as one of its natural properties.
Hylozoism is an old idea tied to early Greek thinkers who saw life in every substance rather than only in animals and plants. It differs from animism, which gives separate spirits to things, because here the matter itself lives. Today it appears chiefly in histories of philosophy.
How HYLOZOISM is used
A term from the history of philosophy, rarely heard outside academic writing.
- The lecture traced hylozoism back to the earliest Greek schools.
- Critics called his hylozoism a refusal to separate the living from the dead.
- In hylozoism even a stone is thought to share in life.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYLOZOISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HYLOZOISM
1 longer words begin with HYLOZOISM.
Shorter words from the letters in HYLOZOISM
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Common questions about HYLOZOISM
- Is HYLOZOISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYLOZOISM, where it scores 26 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYLOZOISM worth?
- HYLOZOISM is worth 26 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYLOZOISM mean?
- The philosophical belief that all matter is alive or has life as one of its natural properties.
- What letters can be added to HYLOZOISM?
- HYLOZOISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HYLOZOISM:
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