POSTLITERATE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. POSTLITERATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POSTLITERATE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POSTLITERATE is to know. It scores 14 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POSTLITERATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
postliteratesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POSTLITERATE scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in POSTLITERATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 3 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POSTLITERATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does POSTLITERATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Describing a time or culture in which reading and writing have lost importance because of electronic media.
Some commentators call modern society postliterate, arguing that images and video now carry more weight than written text. It is a descriptive claim that many readers dispute.
How POSTLITERATE is used
Used in media studies and cultural commentary.
- The professor warned of a postliterate generation.
- In a postliterate culture, video replaces the newspaper.
- She wrote an essay on the postliterate age.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POSTLITERATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POSTLITERATE
1 longer words begin with POSTLITERATE.
Shorter words from the letters in POSTLITERATE
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Common questions about POSTLITERATE
- Is POSTLITERATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POSTLITERATE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POSTLITERATE worth?
- POSTLITERATE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POSTLITERATE mean?
- Describing a time or culture in which reading and writing have lost importance because of electronic media.
- What letters can be added to POSTLITERATE?
- POSTLITERATE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of POSTLITERATE:
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