PAUPERISM is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PAUPERISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PAUPERISM?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PAUPERISM is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PAUPERISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pauperismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PAUPERISM scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PAUPERISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PAUPERISM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PAUPERISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
The condition of being extremely poor and dependent on public help.
Nineteenth-century reformers wrote at length about pauperism and how a society should respond to it. Today pauperism sounds old-fashioned and appears mostly in history books about the Poor Law and workhouses.
How PAUPERISM is used
Historical and formal; used in social history and economics.
- The report blamed low wages for the growth of pauperism.
- Victorian charities fought pauperism with soup kitchens.
- Pauperism was a major worry in the industrial towns.
- He wrote an essay on pauperism and the workhouse.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PAUPERISM and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PAUPERISM
1 longer words begin with PAUPERISM.
Shorter words from the letters in PAUPERISM
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Common questions about PAUPERISM
- Is PAUPERISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PAUPERISM, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PAUPERISM worth?
- PAUPERISM is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PAUPERISM mean?
- The condition of being extremely poor and dependent on public help.
- What letters can be added to PAUPERISM?
- PAUPERISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PAUPERISM:
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