VOLUNTARIST is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. VOLUNTARIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VOLUNTARIST?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VOLUNTARIST is to know. It scores 14 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VOLUNTARIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
voluntaristsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VOLUNTARIST scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in VOLUNTARIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VOLUNTARIST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VOLUNTARIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A person who holds that the will is the chief force in the mind or the world, or that institutions should rely on voluntary support.
In philosophy a voluntarist gives priority to will over reason. In nineteenth-century Britain a voluntarist argued that churches and schools should be funded by voluntary gifts, not by the state.
How VOLUNTARIST is used
Voluntarist is used in philosophy, theology and the history of education.
- The voluntarist argued that willpower shapes reality.
- Early voluntarists opposed state funding for schools.
- She was a committed voluntarist in church matters.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VOLUNTARIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VOLUNTARIST
2 longer words begin with VOLUNTARIST.
Shorter words from the letters in VOLUNTARIST
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Common questions about VOLUNTARIST
- Is VOLUNTARIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VOLUNTARIST, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VOLUNTARIST worth?
- VOLUNTARIST is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VOLUNTARIST mean?
- A person who holds that the will is the chief force in the mind or the world, or that institutions should rely on voluntary support.
- What letters can be added to VOLUNTARIST?
- VOLUNTARIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of VOLUNTARIST:
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