VITALISM is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. VITALISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VITALISM?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VITALISM is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VITALISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
vitalismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VITALISM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in VITALISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VITALISM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VITALISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The belief that living things are driven by a special life force that physics and chemistry alone cannot explain.
Vitalism was widely held before modern biochemistry showed that organic substances could be made in a laboratory. Today it is seen mostly as a historical idea.
How VITALISM is used
Used in philosophy and the history of science.
- Vitalism lost ground when urea was made from simple chemicals.
- The lecture traced vitalism from antiquity to the nineteenth century.
- Critics dismissed vitalism as unscientific.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VITALISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VITALISM
1 longer words begin with VITALISM.
Shorter words from the letters in VITALISM
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Common questions about VITALISM
- Is VITALISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VITALISM, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VITALISM worth?
- VITALISM is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VITALISM mean?
- The belief that living things are driven by a special life force that physics and chemistry alone cannot explain.
- What letters can be added to VITALISM?
- VITALISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of VITALISM:
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