VERIST is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. VERIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VERIST?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VERIST is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VERIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
veristsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VERIST scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in VERIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What stands out about VERIST
- The same 6 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does VERIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
An artist, writer or composer who shows ordinary, even coarse, life as it is instead of idealising it.
Verism was a movement that grew strongest in Italian opera at the end of the nineteenth century, when composers put peasants and street characters on stage in place of gods and kings. A verist insists that ugly facts belong in art as much as beauty does. The word comes from the Italian for true.
How VERIST is used
Mostly in discussions of opera, literature and painting.
- The young verist painted market porters and fishwives.
- As a verist, he refused to soften the squalor of the tenements.
- Critics praised the verist honesty of the new opera.
- The verist and the romantic argued over what art should show.
- No verist would have hidden the poverty of that street.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VERIST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of VERIST
The 6 tiles of VERIST in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with VERIST
2 longer words begin with VERIST.
Shorter words from the letters in VERIST
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Common questions about VERIST
- Is VERIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VERIST, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VERIST worth?
- VERIST is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VERIST mean?
- An artist, writer or composer who shows ordinary, even coarse, life as it is instead of idealising it.
- What letters can be added to VERIST?
- VERIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of VERIST:
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