SUBLITERARY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SUBLITERARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUBLITERARY?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUBLITERARY is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUBLITERARY
No single letter turns SUBLITERARY into another word.
How SUBLITERARY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SUBLITERARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SUBLITERARY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SUBLITERARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Of a lower standard than true literature, or not written or meant to be literature.
Critics call pulp magazines or advertising copy subliterary when they judge them below the level of art. The word is not always scornful, since some subliterary forms such as diaries and letters are valued by historians.
How SUBLITERARY is used
Used in literary criticism; subliterary describes writing outside the accepted canon.
- The professor studied subliterary fiction such as dime novels.
- Critics once dismissed detective stories as subliterary.
- A subliterary genre can still reveal how ordinary people lived.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUBLITERARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SUBLITERARY
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Common questions about SUBLITERARY
- Is SUBLITERARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUBLITERARY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUBLITERARY worth?
- SUBLITERARY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUBLITERARY mean?
- Of a lower standard than true literature, or not written or meant to be literature.
- What letters can be added to SUBLITERARY?
- No single letter can be added to SUBLITERARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SUBLITERARY:
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