ORGANISM is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ORGANISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ORGANISM?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ORGANISM is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORGANISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
organismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ORGANISM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ORGANISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ORGANISM has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ORGANISM
- All 8 letters of ORGANISM are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ORGANISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A living thing, such as an animal, plant, fungus or single-celled life form.
Biologists use organism for anything alive, from a bacterium to a blue whale. A complex organism has parts that depend on each other to survive. The word is also used figuratively for a society seen as a living whole.
How ORGANISM is used
Used in biology and, figuratively, in social writing.
- A single-celled organism swam across the slide.
- Every organism needs energy to live.
- The pond contains thousands of tiny organisms.
- She described the city as one living organism.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORGANISM and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ORGANISM
The 8 tiles of ORGANISM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ORGANISM
5 longer words begin with ORGANISM.
Shorter words from the letters in ORGANISM
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Common questions about ORGANISM
- Is ORGANISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORGANISM, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORGANISM worth?
- ORGANISM is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORGANISM mean?
- A living thing, such as an animal, plant, fungus or single-celled life form.
- What letters can be added to ORGANISM?
- ORGANISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ORGANISM:
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