MASOCHIST is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. MASOCHIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MASOCHIST?
| 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 MASOCHIST is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MASOCHIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
masochistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MASOCHIST scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in MASOCHIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MASOCHIST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MASOCHIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who gets pleasure, often of a sexual kind, from pain or humiliation applied to themselves.
In everyday speech a masochist is anyone who seems to enjoy doing something unpleasant or punishing. The sense comes from the writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch.
How MASOCHIST is used
Masochist is used literally in psychology and jokingly in casual talk.
- You must be a masochist to run in this heat.
- The doctor described the patient as a masochist.
- Only a masochist would volunteer for that job.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MASOCHIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MASOCHIST
3 longer words begin with MASOCHIST.
Shorter words from the letters in MASOCHIST
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Common questions about MASOCHIST
- Is MASOCHIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MASOCHIST, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MASOCHIST worth?
- MASOCHIST is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MASOCHIST mean?
- A person who gets pleasure, often of a sexual kind, from pain or humiliation applied to themselves.
- What letters can be added to MASOCHIST?
- MASOCHIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of MASOCHIST:
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