KLEPTOMANIA is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. KLEPTOMANIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KLEPTOMANIA?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KLEPTOMANIA is to know. It scores 19 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KLEPTOMANIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KLEPTOMANIA scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in KLEPTOMANIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so KLEPTOMANIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does KLEPTOMANIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A mental disorder in which a person feels a repeated, hard-to-resist urge to steal.
People with kleptomania usually steal things they do not need and could often afford. The act relieves tension but is followed by guilt. In everyday speech the word is sometimes misused as a joke about someone who merely takes small items.
How KLEPTOMANIA is used
Kleptomania is a clinical term, so careless jokes about it can offend.
- Her kleptomania led to repeated arrests for taking trivial items.
- Doctors treated his kleptomania with therapy and medication.
- The film portrays a woman struggling with kleptomania.
- Kleptomania differs from ordinary theft because the urge is compulsive.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KLEPTOMANIA and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KLEPTOMANIA
3 longer words begin with KLEPTOMANIA.
Shorter words from the letters in KLEPTOMANIA
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Common questions about KLEPTOMANIA
- Is KLEPTOMANIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KLEPTOMANIA, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KLEPTOMANIA worth?
- KLEPTOMANIA is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KLEPTOMANIA mean?
- A mental disorder in which a person feels a repeated, hard-to-resist urge to steal.
- What letters can be added to KLEPTOMANIA?
- KLEPTOMANIA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of KLEPTOMANIA:
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