OUTACT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. OUTACT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OUTACT?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OUTACT is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUTACT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
outactsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OUTACT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OUTACT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 137,969.
What does OUTACT mean in Scrabble?
verb
To act, perform, or behave more effectively than another person.
Outact belongs to a small family of English verbs built by adding out- to an ordinary verb to mean doing that thing better than someone else, alongside outrun, outsmart and outshine. A young performer might outact a more experienced co-star in a single scene by delivering a more convincing or memorable performance. The word applies most naturally to actors and public performance, but reviewers sometimes stretch it to any situation where one person's behaviour outshines another's in a comparable role. It is a compact way of saying surpassed in acting without spelling out the comparison in full.
How OUTACT is used
Used mainly in reviews and everyday commentary on performances, rather than in formal writing.
- The understudy managed to outact the lead in the final act.
- Critics agreed that the young actress had outacted her more famous co-star.
- He tried to outact his rival for the coveted role.
- The child actor outacted everyone else in the audition room.
- Nobody expected the newcomer to outact a veteran of the stage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUTACT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OUTACT
3 longer words begin with OUTACT.
Shorter words from the letters in OUTACT
Common questions about OUTACT
- Is OUTACT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUTACT, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUTACT worth?
- OUTACT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUTACT mean?
- To act, perform, or behave more effectively than another person.
- What letters can be added to OUTACT?
- OUTACT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OUTACT:
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