Is “Holocaust” a Scrabble word?
Yes
HOLOCAUST
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary
Valid in these dictionaries
SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Meaning of Holocaust
/ˈhoʊləkɑst/
noun
1.A sacrifice that is completely burned to ashes.
2.Extensive destruction of a group (usually of people or animals), whether by deliberate agency or by natural agency (especially fire).
“1895 September 10, "ANOTHER ARMENIAN HOLOCAUST; Five Villages Burned, Five Thousand Persons Made Homeless, and Anti-Christians Organized.", in The New York Times”
3.In particular, a state-sponsored mass murder of an ethnic group, especially the Holocaust (which see).
verb
1.To sacrifice and burn (an animal) completely.
2.To destroy completely, especially by fire.
3.(possibly nonstandard) To subject to a holocaust (mass annihilation); to destroy en masse. (Compare genocide.)