PRAGMATIST is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PRAGMATIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRAGMATIST?
| 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 PRAGMATIST is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRAGMATIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pragmatistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PRAGMATIST scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PRAGMATIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PRAGMATIST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PRAGMATIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who deals with problems in a practical way rather than by following ideals or theory.
A pragmatist asks whether an idea works in practice, and will compromise to get results. In philosophy the term also names a follower of the school that judges beliefs by their practical effects.
How PRAGMATIST is used
Pragmatist can be praise for realism or a mild criticism of lacking principle.
- As a pragmatist, she chose the plan that actually fit the budget.
- The committee needed a pragmatist to settle the dispute.
- A pragmatist would rather fix the road than argue about its name.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRAGMATIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PRAGMATIST
2 longer words begin with PRAGMATIST.
Shorter words from the letters in PRAGMATIST
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Common questions about PRAGMATIST
- Is PRAGMATIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRAGMATIST, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRAGMATIST worth?
- PRAGMATIST is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRAGMATIST mean?
- A person who deals with problems in a practical way rather than by following ideals or theory.
- What letters can be added to PRAGMATIST?
- PRAGMATIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PRAGMATIST:
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