SIMPLIST is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SIMPLIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SIMPLIST?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SIMPLIST is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SIMPLIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SIMPLIST scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SIMPLIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SIMPLIST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SIMPLIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A person skilled in medicinal plants, who gathers or prepares herbal remedies.
In older English a simple meant a single herb used as medicine, so the simplist was the expert on such herbs. The word is now almost forgotten and should not be confused with simplistic.
How SIMPLIST is used
Rare and old-fashioned; it turns up in historical writing about herbal medicine.
- The village simplist gathered foxglove at dawn.
- A trained simplist could name hundreds of healing herbs.
- She learned the trade from an aged simplist.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SIMPLIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SIMPLIST
5 longer words begin with SIMPLIST.
Shorter words from the letters in SIMPLIST
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Common questions about SIMPLIST
- Is SIMPLIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SIMPLIST, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SIMPLIST worth?
- SIMPLIST is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SIMPLIST mean?
- A person skilled in medicinal plants, who gathers or prepares herbal remedies.
- What letters can be added to SIMPLIST?
- SIMPLIST takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SIMPLIST:
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