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ATOMISM

7 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What ATOMISM Means

  1. noun: (psychology) a theory that reduces all mental phenomena to simple elements (sensations and feelings) that form complex ideas by association
  2. noun: (chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles“the ancient Greek philosophers Democritus and Epicurus held atomic theories of the universe”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ATOMISM is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 T1 O1 M3 I1 S1 M3.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In ATOMISM

114 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

6 letter words (2)

5 letter words (17)

4 letter words (38)

3 letter words (37)

2 letter words (20)

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