LYRISM is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. LYRISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LYRISM?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LYRISM is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LYRISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lyrismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LYRISM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LYRISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What stands out about LYRISM
- LYRISM gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LYRISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryrare
A lyrical quality in writing, music or speech, marked by personal, songlike feeling.
Lyrism is a rarer and more literary cousin of lyricism. It points to the songlike warmth of a poem or a passage of music and to the outpouring of private emotion that lyric poets are known for. A critic might praise the lyrism of a film or complain that the lyrism of a novel is overdone. A second, very old sense is the art of playing the lyre.
How LYRISM is used
Rare and literary; lyricism is the usual modern word.
- The critic praised the quiet lyrism of her early poems.
- Too much lyrism can make a novel feel overwritten.
- There is a restrained lyrism in the slow movement.
- The film trades plot for a loose, dreamy lyrism.
- He admired the lyrism of the old ballads.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LYRISM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LYRISM
1 longer words begin with LYRISM.
Shorter words from the letters in LYRISM
Common questions about LYRISM
- Is LYRISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LYRISM, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LYRISM worth?
- LYRISM is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LYRISM mean?
- A lyrical quality in writing, music or speech, marked by personal, songlike feeling.
- What letters can be added to LYRISM?
- LYRISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LYRISM:
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