ZOIST is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. ZOIST is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 14 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ZOIST?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZOIST is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZOIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
zoistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZOIST scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ZOIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does ZOIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalrare
A believer in zoism, the now-discredited nineteenth-century theory that a single vital force, distinct from ordinary physical or chemical forces, governs all living things.
A zoist held that life itself could not be explained by chemistry and physics alone, and often linked this belief to mesmerism and other theories of an invisible vital energy passing between living bodies. The idea flourished briefly in the nineteenth century alongside broader debates about the nature of life, before advances in biology and chemistry left it without scientific support. The word zoist should not be confused with zoologist, since it names a believer in a particular philosophical doctrine rather than a scientist who studies animals. Today the term appears almost only in histories of nineteenth-century science and pseudo-science.
How ZOIST is used
A historical term, encountered mainly in accounts of nineteenth-century vitalism and mesmerism rather than in modern writing.
- The lecture described how a nineteenth-century zoist explained illness through a loss of vital force.
- As a committed zoist, he rejected any purely chemical account of life.
- The pamphlet was written by a zoist eager to defend the theory against its critics.
- Historians of science still study what drew so many educated readers to become a zoist.
- The society of zoist thinkers dissolved once the theory fell out of favor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZOIST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZOIST
1 longer words begin with ZOIST.
Words ending in ZOIST
1 words end in ZOIST. Useful as a back hook: play ZOIST onto a word already on the board.
Words with ZOIST inside
3 words contain ZOIST in the middle. Words that start with ZOIST are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ZOIST
Common questions about ZOIST
- Is ZOIST valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ZOIST is not in it.
- How many points is ZOIST worth?
- ZOIST is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZOIST mean?
- A believer in zoism, the now-discredited nineteenth-century theory that a single vital force, distinct from ordinary physical or chemical forces, governs all living things.
- What letters can be added to ZOIST?
- ZOIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ZOIST:
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