OPIUMISM is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. OPIUMISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OPIUMISM?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OPIUMISM is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OPIUMISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
opiumismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OPIUMISM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OPIUMISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OPIUMISM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OPIUMISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalarchaic
Addiction to opium, or the illness that comes from its habitual use.
Nineteenth-century doctors wrote of opiumism as a recognised condition, much as they wrote of alcoholism. Today the word reads as old-fashioned next to addiction.
How OPIUMISM is used
Found mostly in historical or medical writing.
- Opiumism ruined the poet in his later years.
- The report describes opiumism among dockside workers.
- Cases of opiumism were treated in special clinics.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OPIUMISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OPIUMISM
1 longer words begin with OPIUMISM.
Shorter words from the letters in OPIUMISM
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Common questions about OPIUMISM
- Is OPIUMISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OPIUMISM, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OPIUMISM worth?
- OPIUMISM is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OPIUMISM mean?
- Addiction to opium, or the illness that comes from its habitual use.
- What letters can be added to OPIUMISM?
- OPIUMISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OPIUMISM:
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