RACEMISM is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. RACEMISM 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 RACEMISM?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RACEMISM is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RACEMISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
racemismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RACEMISM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in RACEMISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RACEMISM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RACEMISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistrytechnical
The existence of a compound as a racemic mixture of two mirror-image forms in equal amounts.
Racemism is a feature of certain molecules that come in left- and right-handed versions: when both are present equally, light passing through is not rotated. It matters in drug design, since the two halves can act differently in the body.
How RACEMISM is used
A specialised chemistry term.
- Racemism makes the sample optically inactive.
- The textbook devotes a section to racemism in organic acids.
- Heating the sample can lead to racemism.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RACEMISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RACEMISM
1 longer words begin with RACEMISM.
Shorter words from the letters in RACEMISM
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Common questions about RACEMISM
- Is RACEMISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RACEMISM, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RACEMISM worth?
- RACEMISM is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RACEMISM mean?
- The existence of a compound as a racemic mixture of two mirror-image forms in equal amounts.
- What letters can be added to RACEMISM?
- RACEMISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of RACEMISM:
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