MOMISM is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MOMISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MOMISM?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MOMISM is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOMISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
momismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MOMISM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MOMISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 3 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. MOMISM needs 1 blank tile.
What stands out about MOMISM
- MOMISM begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MOMISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Too great a hold exercised by a mother over her children, especially her grown sons.
Momism is a critical label for a family pattern in which a mother smothers, shelters or controls a child long after the child should be independent. The term is American in flavour and was widely discussed in the middle of the twentieth century. It treats the closeness as unhealthy, so calling something momism is never a compliment. The word is built from mom with the usual ending for a doctrine or condition.
How MOMISM is used
Informal and often disapproving; used in social commentary and psychology.
- The critic blamed momism for his reluctance to leave home.
- Momism was a popular target for writers of that decade.
- He joked that momism ran in the family.
- She worried that her care was sliding into momism.
- The film is a bitter study of momism in a small town.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOMISM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MOMISM
1 longer words begin with MOMISM.
Shorter words from the letters in MOMISM
Common questions about MOMISM
- Is MOMISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MOMISM, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MOMISM worth?
- MOMISM is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOMISM mean?
- Too great a hold exercised by a mother over her children, especially her grown sons.
- What letters can be added to MOMISM?
- MOMISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MOMISM:
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