PICTORIALIST is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PICTORIALIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PICTORIALIST?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PICTORIALIST is to know. It scores 16 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PICTORIALIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pictorialistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PICTORIALIST scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in PICTORIALIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PICTORIALIST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PICTORIALIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A photographer who treats photography as a fine art, favouring soft, painterly images.
A pictorialist around 1900 might blur focus or rework prints to resemble paintings. The movement argued that a photograph could be as artistic as a canvas. Later photographers reacted against it with sharper, plainer styles.
How PICTORIALIST is used
Used in art and photography history.
- The pictorialist printed his landscapes on textured paper.
- Every pictorialist of that era wanted photography accepted as art.
- She was a noted pictorialist before turning to sharp-focus work.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PICTORIALIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PICTORIALIST
1 longer words begin with PICTORIALIST.
Shorter words from the letters in PICTORIALIST
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Common questions about PICTORIALIST
- Is PICTORIALIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PICTORIALIST, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PICTORIALIST worth?
- PICTORIALIST is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PICTORIALIST mean?
- A photographer who treats photography as a fine art, favouring soft, painterly images.
- What letters can be added to PICTORIALIST?
- PICTORIALIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of PICTORIALIST:
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