PLAGIARIST is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PLAGIARIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLAGIARIST?
| 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 PLAGIARIST is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLAGIARIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
plagiaristsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PLAGIARIST scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PLAGIARIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PLAGIARIST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PLAGIARIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
Someone who copies another person's words or ideas and passes them off as their own.
A plagiarist is judged harshly because the theft is of work, not of a thing. The label can ruin a writer's reputation even when only a few passages were taken.
How PLAGIARIST is used
Used in education, journalism and publishing as a serious accusation.
- The editor exposed the author as a plagiarist.
- No teacher wants to find a plagiarist in the class.
- The plagiarist had copied whole pages from an old textbook.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLAGIARIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PLAGIARIST
2 longer words begin with PLAGIARIST.
Shorter words from the letters in PLAGIARIST
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Common questions about PLAGIARIST
- Is PLAGIARIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLAGIARIST, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLAGIARIST worth?
- PLAGIARIST is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLAGIARIST mean?
- Someone who copies another person's words or ideas and passes them off as their own.
- What letters can be added to PLAGIARIST?
- PLAGIARIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PLAGIARIST:
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