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Is sophism a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sophism is a Scrabble US word. The word sophism is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is sophism a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sophism is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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Yes. The word sophism is a Words With Friends word. The word sophism is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

SOPHISM,

6-letter words (1 found)

MOPISH,

5-letter words (10 found)

MISOS,PISOS,SHIMS,SHIPS,SHISO,SHOPS,SIMPS,SOPHS,SPIMS,SPOSH,

4-letter words (41 found)

HIMS,HIPS,HISS,HOIS,HOMS,HOPS,HOSS,IMPS,ISMS,ISOS,MHOS,MIPS,MISO,MISS,MOPS,MOSH,MOSS,OHMS,PHIS,PHOS,PISH,PISO,PISS,POHS,POIS,POMS,POSH,POSS,PSIS,SHIM,SHIP,SHMO,SHOP,SIMP,SIMS,SIPS,SOHS,SOMS,SOPH,SOPS,SPIM,

3-letter words (38 found)

HIM,HIP,HIS,HOI,HOM,HOP,HOS,IMP,IOS,ISH,ISM,ISO,MHO,MIS,MOI,MOP,MOS,OHM,OHS,OIS,OMS,OPS,PHI,PHO,PIS,POH,POI,POM,POS,PSI,SHO,SIM,SIP,SIS,SOH,SOM,SOP,SOS,

2-letter words (17 found)

HI,HM,HO,IO,IS,MI,MO,OH,OI,OM,OP,OS,PI,PO,SH,SI,SO,

You can make 108 words from sophism according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sophism

sophism

Etymology 1

From Middle English sophim, from Old French soffime, sofime, sofisme, sophisme, from Latin sophisma (“fallacy, sophism”), from Ancient Greek σόφῐσμᾰ (sóphisma), from σοφίζω (sophízō) + -μα (-ma).

Noun

sophism (countable and uncountable, plural sophisms)

  1. (uncountable, historical) The school of the sophists in antiquity; their beliefs and method of teaching philosophy and rhetoric.
    Synonym: sophistic
  2. (countable) A flawed argument, superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive.
    Synonym: sophistry
  3. (countable) An intentional fallacy.
  4. (uncountable) Sophistic, fallacious reasoning or argumentation.
    Synonym: sophistry
    • 1779, David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion:
      What! No demonstration of the Being of God! No abstract arguments! No proofs a priori! Are these, which have hitherto been so much insisted on by philosophers, all fallacy, all sophism? Can we reach no further in this subject than experience and probability?
Related terms
  • sophist
  • sophistic
  • sophisticate
  • sophisticated
  • sophistry
Translations
See also
  • half-truth

Etymology 2

Noun

sophism (uncountable)

  1. Archaic spelling of Sufism.

References

Further reading

  • “sophism”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “sophism”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  • “sophism”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
  • “sophism”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  • “sophism”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
  • “sophism”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “sophism”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  • sophism, britannica.com

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