Is INITIALISM a word?
INITIALISM is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends, has 10 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, INITIALISM is a valid word.
What does initialism mean?
noun: a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word.
“`NATO' is an initialism for North Atlantic Treaty Organization”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
INITIALISM: word details
- Length: 10 letters, a long word. It is one of 35,784 10-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 15 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside initialism
Words you can make from the letters of initialism.
Solve a whole rack, not just INITIALISM
INITIALISM is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does INITIALISM mean?
INITIALISM is a noun. It means: a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word.
Is INITIALISM a valid word?
Yes, INITIALISM is a valid word. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.