OCCULTIST is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. OCCULTIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OCCULTIST?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OCCULTIST is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OCCULTIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
occultistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OCCULTIST scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in OCCULTIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OCCULTIST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OCCULTIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who studies or practises hidden magical or supernatural arts.
An occultist is more serious and systematic than a casual fortune-teller, since the label implies study of mystical systems and secret lore. Novels and history books use it for characters devoted to esoteric ideas.
How OCCULTIST is used
Occultist appears in fiction, history and religious studies when describing believers in hidden powers.
- The novel follows an occultist searching for a lost book of spells.
- A Victorian occultist founded the secret society.
- Critics dismissed the occultist as a showman.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OCCULTIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OCCULTIST
1 longer words begin with OCCULTIST.
Shorter words from the letters in OCCULTIST
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Common questions about OCCULTIST
- Is OCCULTIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OCCULTIST, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OCCULTIST worth?
- OCCULTIST is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OCCULTIST mean?
- A person who studies or practises hidden magical or supernatural arts.
- What letters can be added to OCCULTIST?
- OCCULTIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of OCCULTIST:
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