REVISIONIST is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. REVISIONIST 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 REVISIONIST?
| 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 REVISIONIST is to know. It scores 14 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REVISIONIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
revisionistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How REVISIONIST scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in REVISIONIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so REVISIONIST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does REVISIONIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who supports revising an accepted belief, policy or account of the past.
Historians called revisionists challenge the standard story of an event, sometimes with new evidence and sometimes to push an agenda. The label can be neutral or critical depending on who uses it. In communist politics it once meant someone accused of watering down Marxism.
How REVISIONIST is used
Also used as an adjective, as in a revisionist history of the war.
- The revisionist argued that the old textbooks had missed the real causes.
- Critics dismissed him as a revisionist rewriting the past.
- Party leaders denounced the revisionist as a traitor to the cause.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REVISIONIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with REVISIONIST
1 longer words begin with REVISIONIST.
Shorter words from the letters in REVISIONIST
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Common questions about REVISIONIST
- Is REVISIONIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REVISIONIST, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REVISIONIST worth?
- REVISIONIST is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REVISIONIST mean?
- A person who supports revising an accepted belief, policy or account of the past.
- What letters can be added to REVISIONIST?
- REVISIONIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of REVISIONIST:
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