PIETISTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PIETISTIC 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 PIETISTIC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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 PIETISTIC is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PIETISTIC
No single letter turns PIETISTIC into another word.
How PIETISTIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PIETISTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PIETISTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PIETISTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Showing strong, often excessive, religious devotion, or relating to the Pietist movement.
Pietistic can describe the Protestant movement that stressed personal faith over ceremony. In everyday criticism it hints at a show of piety that feels forced or hypocritical. The tone of a pietistic remark depends on whether the speaker admires or mocks it.
How PIETISTIC is used
Used in church history, and critically for overdone religious display.
- The writer mocked his neighbours' pietistic habits.
- A pietistic strain ran through the family's letters.
- The sermon had a pietistic tone that put some listeners off.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PIETISTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PIETISTIC
2 longer words begin with PIETISTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in PIETISTIC
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Common questions about PIETISTIC
- Is PIETISTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PIETISTIC, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PIETISTIC worth?
- PIETISTIC is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PIETISTIC mean?
- Showing strong, often excessive, religious devotion, or relating to the Pietist movement.
- What letters can be added to PIETISTIC?
- No single letter can be added to PIETISTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PIETISTIC:
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