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HOLISMS

7 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What HOLISMS Means

HOLISMS is a form of HOLISM, which means:

  1. noun: the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole“holism holds that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HOLISMS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 O1 L1 I1 S1 M3 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In HOLISMS

92 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 (12)

4 letter words (33)

3 letter words (29)

2 letter words (16)

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.