PERSONHOOD is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PERSONHOOD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PERSONHOOD?
| 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 PERSONHOOD is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PERSONHOOD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
personhoodsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PERSONHOOD scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PERSONHOOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PERSONHOOD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PERSONHOOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
The status of being a person with individual identity and rights.
Debates about personhood arise in law, ethics, and philosophy, whenever someone asks who or what counts as a person. The word focuses on the condition itself, not on any single individual.
How PERSONHOOD is used
Used in legal, ethical, and philosophical discussions.
- The court debated whether the company could claim personhood.
- Philosophers disagree about when personhood begins.
- For her, personhood meant the freedom to choose her own path.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PERSONHOOD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PERSONHOOD
1 longer words begin with PERSONHOOD.
Shorter words from the letters in PERSONHOOD
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Common questions about PERSONHOOD
- Is PERSONHOOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PERSONHOOD, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PERSONHOOD worth?
- PERSONHOOD is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PERSONHOOD mean?
- The status of being a person with individual identity and rights.
- What letters can be added to PERSONHOOD?
- PERSONHOOD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PERSONHOOD:
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