HYLOZOIST is a valid Scrabble word — 24 points
Yes. HYLOZOIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 24 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HYLOZOIST?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYLOZOIST is to know. It scores 24 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYLOZOIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hylozoistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HYLOZOIST scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HYLOZOIST, 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 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HYLOZOIST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HYLOZOIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A believer in the doctrine that all matter is alive.
A hylozoist holds that life is a property of matter itself, a view found among early Greek philosophers. The term belongs to the history of philosophy and is rarely used outside it.
How HYLOZOIST is used
Hylozoist is used in philosophy to label thinkers who treat all matter as living.
- The ancient hylozoist saw life in every stone and stream.
- As a hylozoist, he rejected the idea of dead matter.
- The book describes Thales as an early hylozoist.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYLOZOIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HYLOZOIST
3 longer words begin with HYLOZOIST.
Shorter words from the letters in HYLOZOIST
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Common questions about HYLOZOIST
- Is HYLOZOIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYLOZOIST, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYLOZOIST worth?
- HYLOZOIST is worth 24 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYLOZOIST mean?
- A believer in the doctrine that all matter is alive.
- What letters can be added to HYLOZOIST?
- HYLOZOIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HYLOZOIST:
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