VICTIM is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. VICTIM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VICTIM?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VICTIM is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VICTIM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
victimsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VICTIM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in VICTIM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What does VICTIM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person or living thing harmed, injured or killed by a crime, accident, disease or other cause.
Victim covers both the person who suffers a wrong, such as the victim of a robbery, and the one who is hurt by chance, such as a flood victim. It also has an older sense of a creature offered in sacrifice, which comes from the Latin word victima. Writers also use it loosely for anything that comes off worst, as when a small shop is called a victim of progress.
How VICTIM is used
Used in news, law and everyday talk; can also be figurative.
- Police spoke to the victim at the scene.
- The storm left many a victim without a home.
- He fell victim to a clever scam.
- Rescuers searched the wreckage for any further victim.
- The fashion shop was the latest victim of rising rents.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VICTIM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VICTIM
24 longer words begin with VICTIM.
Shorter words from the letters in VICTIM
Common questions about VICTIM
- Is VICTIM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VICTIM, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VICTIM worth?
- VICTIM is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VICTIM mean?
- A person or living thing harmed, injured or killed by a crime, accident, disease or other cause.
- What letters can be added to VICTIM?
- VICTIM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of VICTIM:
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