OGRISM is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. OGRISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OGRISM?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OGRISM is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OGRISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ogrismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OGRISM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OGRISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does OGRISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The behaviour, manner or nature of an ogre; monstrous cruelty or ugliness.
Ogrism is a rare noun made by adding the usual abstract ending to ogre, the man-eating giant of fairy tales. Writers use it for a fierce, brutish temper in a person, not for any actual monster. It is a variant of the slightly more common ogreism, and both are seldom met outside literary or humorous prose. The idea behind it is a coarse, domineering cruelty that frightens those near it.
How OGRISM is used
Rare and literary; the spelling ogreism is the more frequent variant.
- The headmaster's ogrism made the pupils whisper in the corridors.
- Critics called the tyrant's ogrism the ruin of the court.
- There was a streak of ogrism in his old uncle.
- She mocked the ogrism of the villain with a smile.
- The play traded on the ogrism of its leading man.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OGRISM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OGRISM
The 6 tiles of OGRISM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with OGRISM
1 longer words begin with OGRISM.
Shorter words from the letters in OGRISM
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Common questions about OGRISM
- Is OGRISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OGRISM, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OGRISM worth?
- OGRISM is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OGRISM mean?
- The behaviour, manner or nature of an ogre; monstrous cruelty or ugliness.
- What letters can be added to OGRISM?
- OGRISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OGRISM:
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