IDIOLECT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. IDIOLECT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IDIOLECT?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IDIOLECT is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IDIOLECT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
idiolectsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How IDIOLECT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in IDIOLECT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so IDIOLECT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does IDIOLECT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The distinctive way of speaking that belongs to one individual person.
Linguists use idiolect when they want to talk about a single speaker rather than a whole community. Two neighbours who share a dialect still keep slightly different idiolects, down to favourite phrases and pronunciation quirks.
How IDIOLECT is used
Used mainly in linguistics, where an idiolect is set against a dialect shared by a group.
- Her idiolect is full of old-fashioned phrases picked up from her grandmother.
- The study recorded one speaker for a year to trace changes in his idiolect.
- Every idiolect blends the habits of family, region and profession.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IDIOLECT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with IDIOLECT
3 longer words begin with IDIOLECT.
Shorter words from the letters in IDIOLECT
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Common questions about IDIOLECT
- Is IDIOLECT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IDIOLECT, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IDIOLECT worth?
- IDIOLECT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IDIOLECT mean?
- The distinctive way of speaking that belongs to one individual person.
- What letters can be added to IDIOLECT?
- IDIOLECT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of IDIOLECT:
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