URANISM is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. URANISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept URANISM?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful URANISM is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for URANISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
uranismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How URANISM scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in URANISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 171,549.
What does URANISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
An old term for male homosexuality.
Uranism was coined in the nineteenth century by a German writer on sexuality and appears in historical literature of that era. Modern writers avoid it and use neutral current terms instead.
How URANISM is used
It is dated and found only in historical or scholarly contexts.
- The essay traces how uranism was discussed in Victorian medical books.
- Historians note that uranism was once a scientific label.
- The word uranism now survives mainly in studies of old texts.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of URANISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of URANISM
The 7 tiles of URANISM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with URANISM
1 longer words begin with URANISM.
Shorter words from the letters in URANISM
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Common questions about URANISM
- Is URANISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts URANISM, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is URANISM worth?
- URANISM is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does URANISM mean?
- An old term for male homosexuality.
- What letters can be added to URANISM?
- URANISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of URANISM:
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