ACCLIMATIZE is a valid Scrabble word — 26 points
Yes. ACCLIMATIZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 26 points in Scrabble and 30 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACCLIMATIZE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACCLIMATIZE is to know. It scores 26 from 11 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACCLIMATIZE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACCLIMATIZE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ACCLIMATIZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ACCLIMATIZE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ACCLIMATIZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To get used to a new climate, place or set of conditions.
Climbers acclimatize to thin mountain air over several days, and a plant moved indoors must acclimatize to a new light level. The same word is used for people settling into an unfamiliar city or job.
How ACCLIMATIZE is used
Acclimatize is used for people, animals and plants, in travel, sport and gardening contexts.
- It took a week to acclimatize to the heat of the tropics.
- Gardeners acclimatize seedlings before planting them outside.
- The team stayed at base camp to acclimatize.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACCLIMATIZE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACCLIMATIZE
4 longer words begin with ACCLIMATIZE.
Shorter words from the letters in ACCLIMATIZE
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Common questions about ACCLIMATIZE
- Is ACCLIMATIZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACCLIMATIZE, where it scores 30 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACCLIMATIZE worth?
- ACCLIMATIZE is worth 26 points in Scrabble and 30 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACCLIMATIZE mean?
- To get used to a new climate, place or set of conditions.
- What letters can be added to ACCLIMATIZE?
- ACCLIMATIZE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ACCLIMATIZE:
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