MECHANISTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. MECHANISTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MECHANISTIC?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MECHANISTIC is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MECHANISTIC
No single letter turns MECHANISTIC into another word.
How MECHANISTIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in MECHANISTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MECHANISTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MECHANISTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Explaining things purely by physical causes, as if everything worked like a machine.
A mechanistic view treats living things and minds as the sum of moving parts and laws. Used more loosely, the word can also criticise a method that is rigid and lacks human judgement.
How MECHANISTIC is used
Used in philosophy and science, and as mild criticism of cold, rule-bound approaches.
- He rejected a mechanistic account of human behaviour.
- The teaching method felt rigid and mechanistic.
- A mechanistic model predicted the planets' motion well.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MECHANISTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MECHANISTIC
1 longer words begin with MECHANISTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in MECHANISTIC
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Common questions about MECHANISTIC
- Is MECHANISTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MECHANISTIC, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MECHANISTIC worth?
- MECHANISTIC is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MECHANISTIC mean?
- Explaining things purely by physical causes, as if everything worked like a machine.
- What letters can be added to MECHANISTIC?
- No single letter can be added to MECHANISTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of MECHANISTIC:
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