PASTORALIST is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PASTORALIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PASTORALIST?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PASTORALIST is to know. It scores 13 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PASTORALIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pastoralistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PASTORALIST scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PASTORALIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PASTORALIST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PASTORALIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who lives by herding livestock, or in Australia a grazier who runs large flocks or herds.
Many a pastoralist moves with the animals across open country in search of grass and water. Anthropologists study pastoralist societies of Africa and Central Asia, where wealth is counted in cattle, camels or sheep.
How PASTORALIST is used
Used in anthropology and agriculture, and as an everyday term for large-scale graziers in Australia.
- The pastoralist led his sheep to higher pastures.
- Droughts hit the Australian pastoralist hard.
- A nomadic pastoralist rarely stays long in one place.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PASTORALIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PASTORALIST
1 longer words begin with PASTORALIST.
Shorter words from the letters in PASTORALIST
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Common questions about PASTORALIST
- Is PASTORALIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PASTORALIST, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PASTORALIST worth?
- PASTORALIST is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PASTORALIST mean?
- A person who lives by herding livestock, or in Australia a grazier who runs large flocks or herds.
- What letters can be added to PASTORALIST?
- PASTORALIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PASTORALIST:
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