MAMMONIST is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. MAMMONIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAMMONIST?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAMMONIST is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAMMONIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mammonistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAMMONIST scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in MAMMONIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 3 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. MAMMONIST needs 1 blank tile.
What does MAMMONIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A person devoted to the pursuit of wealth, especially one who treats money as the chief object of life.
The label comes from Mammon, the biblical name for wealth seen as a false god, so a mammonist is judged for what he worships, not just for being rich. It is a sharp, old-fashioned word of criticism. Writers reach for mammonist when they want to sound disapproving of greed.
How MAMMONIST is used
Used mostly in moralising or literary writing as a pointed criticism of someone obsessed with money.
- The preacher called every banker in the town a mammonist.
- No mammonist ever grew rich enough to stop wanting more.
- She accused her uncle of being a mammonist who valued the family farm only for its price.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAMMONIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MAMMONIST
2 longer words begin with MAMMONIST.
Shorter words from the letters in MAMMONIST
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Common questions about MAMMONIST
- Is MAMMONIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAMMONIST, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAMMONIST worth?
- MAMMONIST is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAMMONIST mean?
- A person devoted to the pursuit of wealth, especially one who treats money as the chief object of life.
- What letters can be added to MAMMONIST?
- MAMMONIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of MAMMONIST:
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