SOPHISTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SOPHISTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SOPHISTIC?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOPHISTIC is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOPHISTIC
No single letter turns SOPHISTIC into another word.
How SOPHISTIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SOPHISTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SOPHISTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SOPHISTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Clever and plausible on the surface but misleading or false in its reasoning.
Sophistic arguments sound persuasive yet do not hold up when examined. The word goes back to the Sophists of ancient Greece, who taught rhetoric for a fee. Calling a point sophistic is a polite but pointed way of accusing someone of trickery.
How SOPHISTIC is used
Used in formal writing and debate, and also in discussions of the ancient Greek Sophists.
- The lawyer offered a sophistic defence that fooled no one.
- His sophistic reply avoided the real question.
- Plato often criticised the sophistic methods of his rivals.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOPHISTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SOPHISTIC
11 longer words begin with SOPHISTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in SOPHISTIC
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Common questions about SOPHISTIC
- Is SOPHISTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOPHISTIC, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOPHISTIC worth?
- SOPHISTIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOPHISTIC mean?
- Clever and plausible on the surface but misleading or false in its reasoning.
- What letters can be added to SOPHISTIC?
- No single letter can be added to SOPHISTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SOPHISTIC:
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