NEPOTISTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. NEPOTISTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NEPOTISTIC?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NEPOTISTIC is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEPOTISTIC
No single letter turns NEPOTISTIC into another word.
How NEPOTISTIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in NEPOTISTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NEPOTISTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NEPOTISTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Giving jobs or favours to relatives and close friends instead of choosing people for their merit.
Critics reach for nepotistic when a hiring decision looks like a family arrangement. The label is about how the choice was made, not about whether the person chosen is capable. It is the adjective that goes with the practice of favouring kin; the rarer variant nepotic is described in definitions_b1_1169.php.
How NEPOTISTIC is used
Used mostly in news and politics to criticise appointments in companies, parties and governments.
- The board was accused of running a nepotistic hiring scheme after three cousins joined the payroll.
- A nepotistic culture can drive talented outsiders to leave.
- Her promotion looked nepotistic, since her uncle chaired the committee that approved it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEPOTISTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NEPOTISTIC
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Common questions about NEPOTISTIC
- Is NEPOTISTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEPOTISTIC, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEPOTISTIC worth?
- NEPOTISTIC is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEPOTISTIC mean?
- Giving jobs or favours to relatives and close friends instead of choosing people for their merit.
- What letters can be added to NEPOTISTIC?
- No single letter can be added to NEPOTISTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of NEPOTISTIC:
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