SYMBOLISTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. SYMBOLISTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SYMBOLISTIC?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SYMBOLISTIC is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SYMBOLISTIC
No single letter turns SYMBOLISTIC into another word.
How SYMBOLISTIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SYMBOLISTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SYMBOLISTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SYMBOLISTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Relating to or characterised by the use of symbols to express ideas, or to the Symbolist movement in art and poetry.
It points to works that suggest meaning through images rather than stating it outright. A symbolistic painting may hint at dreams, moods or mystical ideas, much like the French and Belgian artists of the late nineteenth century.
How SYMBOLISTIC is used
Used in art and literary criticism; symbolic is far more common than symbolistic.
- The poem has a dreamy, symbolistic quality.
- Critics noted the symbolistic imagery in her early paintings.
- He preferred a symbolistic approach to plain realism.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SYMBOLISTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SYMBOLISTIC
2 longer words begin with SYMBOLISTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in SYMBOLISTIC
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Common questions about SYMBOLISTIC
- Is SYMBOLISTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SYMBOLISTIC, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SYMBOLISTIC worth?
- SYMBOLISTIC is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SYMBOLISTIC mean?
- Relating to or characterised by the use of symbols to express ideas, or to the Symbolist movement in art and poetry.
- What letters can be added to SYMBOLISTIC?
- No single letter can be added to SYMBOLISTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SYMBOLISTIC:
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