MILITARISTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. MILITARISTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MILITARISTIC?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MILITARISTIC is to know. It scores 16 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MILITARISTIC
No single letter turns MILITARISTIC into another word.
How MILITARISTIC scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in MILITARISTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 4 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MILITARISTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about MILITARISTIC
- The letter I appears four times in MILITARISTIC.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MILITARISTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Favouring strong armed forces and the use of force as a normal instrument of national policy.
Calling a government militaristic is a criticism: it suggests that soldiers and weapons crowd out diplomacy and civilian life. The adjective can describe a regime, a speech, or a whole culture of parades and uniforms.
How MILITARISTIC is used
Usually critical or descriptive in political writing.
- The militaristic regime spent half its budget on the army.
- Critics called the speech dangerously militaristic.
- School drills in that country had a militaristic flavour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MILITARISTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MILITARISTIC
1 longer words begin with MILITARISTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in MILITARISTIC
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Common questions about MILITARISTIC
- Is MILITARISTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MILITARISTIC, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MILITARISTIC worth?
- MILITARISTIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MILITARISTIC mean?
- Favouring strong armed forces and the use of force as a normal instrument of national policy.
- What letters can be added to MILITARISTIC?
- No single letter can be added to MILITARISTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of MILITARISTIC:
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