SCHISM is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SCHISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCHISM?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCHISM is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCHISM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCHISM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SCHISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,759 thousand.
What stands out about SCHISM
- SCHISM gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SCHISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A split of a group, especially a church, into opposing parts over a difference of belief or policy.
The great schism of the medieval church is the best-known case, but the word is used of any serious break inside a party, movement or organisation. A schism is a more lasting rupture than an argument: after it, people stop belonging to one body and form two. The word comes from a Greek term meaning a cleft or a tear.
How SCHISM is used
Formal; used in religious, political and historical writing.
- A bitter schism divided the congregation in two.
- The schism in the party cost it the next election.
- Historians still debate what caused the schism between the two churches.
- No schism was visible at the meeting, though trouble was brewing.
- The band survived a schism over which songs to record.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCHISM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SCHISM
16 longer words begin with SCHISM.
Shorter words from the letters in SCHISM
Common questions about SCHISM
- Is SCHISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCHISM, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCHISM worth?
- SCHISM is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCHISM mean?
- A split of a group, especially a church, into opposing parts over a difference of belief or policy.
- What letters can be added to SCHISM?
- SCHISM takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SCHISM:
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