SOLARISM is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SOLARISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SOLARISM?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOLARISM is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOLARISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
solarismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOLARISM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SOLARISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SOLARISM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SOLARISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The reading of myths and folk tales as stories about the sun and its movements.
Nineteenth-century scholars sometimes pushed solarism so far that every hero became a sunrise and every dragon the night. The term is now mostly used when criticising that habit of explaining everything by one cause.
How SOLARISM is used
Solarism turns up in the history of folklore studies, often as a mild criticism.
- His essay mocks the excesses of solarism in old folklore studies.
- Under solarism, the hero's journey is simply the sun crossing the sky.
- Few scholars still defend solarism as a method.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOLARISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SOLARISM
The 8 tiles of SOLARISM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SOLARISM
1 longer words begin with SOLARISM.
Shorter words from the letters in SOLARISM
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Common questions about SOLARISM
- Is SOLARISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOLARISM, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOLARISM worth?
- SOLARISM is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOLARISM mean?
- The reading of myths and folk tales as stories about the sun and its movements.
- What letters can be added to SOLARISM?
- SOLARISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SOLARISM:
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