Words Containing OISMS

Q: What is the highest-scoring word containing OISMS?

XANTHOCHROISMS is worth 31 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are HYLOZOISMS (27), POLYCHROISMS (24), EPIZOISMS (22).

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All Words Containing OISMS 23 words

How often does OISMS appear in words?

Our combined English word list has 23 words containing OISMS. Most are 10 letters long, they average 17.4 points, the best is XANTHOCHROISMS (31 points) and 100% end in S.

Total words: 23
Most common length: 10 letters; 6 words
Average Scrabble score: 17.4; out of 31 max
Longest word: XANTHOCHROISMS; 14 letters
Most common ending: S; 100% of words

Most common last letters

s 100%

Top vowel pairs

oi100%
oo13%
eo4.3%

Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.

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Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.

Highest-scoring word containing OISMS

x ₈a ₁n ₁t ₁h ₄o ₁c ₃h ₄r ₁o ₁i ₁s ₁m ₃s ₁

X 8 + A 1 + N 1 + T 1 + H 4 + O 1 + C 3 + H 4 + R 1 + O 1 + I 1 + S 1 + M 3 + S 1 = 31 points

Double word: 62 pts
Triple word: 93 pts

Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).

xanthochroisms

No dictionary definition on file. This is a valid game word that standard dictionaries rarely cover.

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