OCHLOCRACY is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. OCHLOCRACY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OCHLOCRACY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OCHLOCRACY is to know. It scores 22 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OCHLOCRACY
No single letter turns OCHLOCRACY into another word.
How OCHLOCRACY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in OCHLOCRACY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| c | 3 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. OCHLOCRACY needs 1 blank tile.
What does OCHLOCRACY mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
Government controlled by the mob; rule by the masses without law or order.
Ancient thinkers feared that democracy could decay into ochlocracy, where emotion rules rather than law. The term is a pointed insult for political systems driven by crowds.
How OCHLOCRACY is used
Formal and political-theory term; ochlocracy is often paired with tyranny and oligarchy.
- Plato warned that unchecked democracy might slide into ochlocracy.
- The pamphlet called the riots a step toward ochlocracy.
- Ochlocracy replaced order when the city guard collapsed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OCHLOCRACY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OCHLOCRACY
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Common questions about OCHLOCRACY
- Is OCHLOCRACY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OCHLOCRACY, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OCHLOCRACY worth?
- OCHLOCRACY is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OCHLOCRACY mean?
- Government controlled by the mob; rule by the masses without law or order.
- What letters can be added to OCHLOCRACY?
- No single letter can be added to OCHLOCRACY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of OCHLOCRACY:
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