POGROMIST is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. POGROMIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POGROMIST?
| 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 POGROMIST is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POGROMIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pogromistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POGROMIST scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in POGROMIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POGROMIST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does POGROMIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A person who organises or takes part in a pogrom, a violent attack on a persecuted group.
Historians use pogromist for those who led or joined mobs that attacked a minority community, especially in the history of eastern Europe. The word makes clear the human agents behind such violence. It is a grave term used in history and in accounts of persecution.
How POGROMIST is used
Used in historical and political writing about organised attacks on minorities.
- The court later tried the pogromist who had led the mob.
- Survivors named every pogromist they recognised in the crowd.
- No pogromist was punished in the local courts at the time.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POGROMIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POGROMIST
1 longer words begin with POGROMIST.
Shorter words from the letters in POGROMIST
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Common questions about POGROMIST
- Is POGROMIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POGROMIST, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POGROMIST worth?
- POGROMIST is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POGROMIST mean?
- A person who organises or takes part in a pogrom, a violent attack on a persecuted group.
- What letters can be added to POGROMIST?
- POGROMIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of POGROMIST:
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