PLAGIARISTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. PLAGIARISTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLAGIARISTIC?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLAGIARISTIC is to know. It scores 17 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLAGIARISTIC
No single letter turns PLAGIARISTIC into another word.
How PLAGIARISTIC scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in PLAGIARISTIC, 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 | 3 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PLAGIARISTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PLAGIARISTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Marked by the copying of another person's work passed off as one's own.
Calling a text plagiaristic is a serious charge in schools, newsrooms and publishing. It suggests more than coincidence or shared influence: the borrowing is wholesale and unacknowledged.
How PLAGIARISTIC is used
Used to criticise essays, articles or creative work that lift material without credit.
- The editor rejected the plagiaristic manuscript after finding whole paragraphs online.
- His plagiaristic habits cost him his place at the university.
- Software flagged several plagiaristic passages in the thesis.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLAGIARISTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PLAGIARISTIC
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Common questions about PLAGIARISTIC
- Is PLAGIARISTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLAGIARISTIC, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLAGIARISTIC worth?
- PLAGIARISTIC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLAGIARISTIC mean?
- Marked by the copying of another person's work passed off as one's own.
- What letters can be added to PLAGIARISTIC?
- No single letter can be added to PLAGIARISTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of PLAGIARISTIC:
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