ZAMINDARI is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. ZAMINDARI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZAMINDARI?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZAMINDARI is to know. It scores 21 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZAMINDARI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
zamindarisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZAMINDARI scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ZAMINDARI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ZAMINDARI has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ZAMINDARI mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalIndian English
The land system or estate of a zamindar, a landholder who collected revenue in colonial India.
Under the zamindari system, landlords paid a fixed sum to the government and kept what they could collect from tenants. The word names both that arrangement and the territory held by one landowner, and it features heavily in the history of the Indian countryside.
How ZAMINDARI is used
A historical term of South Asian land tenure.
- The zamindari was abolished soon after independence.
- His family had held a large zamindari in Bengal for generations.
- Historians have criticised the zamindari for burdening the peasants.
- Reform of the zamindari changed who owned the land.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZAMINDARI and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZAMINDARI
2 longer words begin with ZAMINDARI.
Shorter words from the letters in ZAMINDARI
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Common questions about ZAMINDARI
- Is ZAMINDARI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZAMINDARI, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZAMINDARI worth?
- ZAMINDARI is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZAMINDARI mean?
- The land system or estate of a zamindar, a landholder who collected revenue in colonial India.
- What letters can be added to ZAMINDARI?
- ZAMINDARI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ZAMINDARI:
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