SOPHOMORIC is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. SOPHOMORIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SOPHOMORIC?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOPHOMORIC is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOPHOMORIC
No single letter turns SOPHOMORIC into another word.
How SOPHOMORIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SOPHOMORIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SOPHOMORIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SOPHOMORIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
North American
Pretentious and overconfident but immature and poorly informed.
Sophomoric comes from sophomore, a second-year student, and hints at someone who has learned just enough to feel clever. It is a put-down for jokes, essays and opinions that are crude or smug.
How SOPHOMORIC is used
Used critically of humour, writing and attitudes, mainly in American English.
- The review called the script sophomoric and self-satisfied.
- He had a sophomoric sense of humour.
- Her sophomoric essay was full of grand claims and thin evidence.
- Nobody laughed at the sophomoric prank.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOPHOMORIC and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SOPHOMORIC
1 longer words begin with SOPHOMORIC.
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Common questions about SOPHOMORIC
- Is SOPHOMORIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOPHOMORIC, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOPHOMORIC worth?
- SOPHOMORIC is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOPHOMORIC mean?
- Pretentious and overconfident but immature and poorly informed.
- What letters can be added to SOPHOMORIC?
- No single letter can be added to SOPHOMORIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SOPHOMORIC:
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