ADVERTENCE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ADVERTENCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ADVERTENCE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADVERTENCE is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADVERTENCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
advertencesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ADVERTENCE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ADVERTENCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ADVERTENCE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ADVERTENCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
Careful attention or heed given to something.
Advertence is the old-fashioned cousin of attentiveness, found in legal and literary prose. It suggests turning the mind deliberately towards a matter rather than noticing it by chance.
How ADVERTENCE is used
Rare and formal; appears in older books and writing that wants a scholarly tone.
- The report deserves your closest advertence.
- With scant advertence to the warnings, he signed the lease.
- Her advertence to small details made her an excellent editor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADVERTENCE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ADVERTENCE
1 longer words begin with ADVERTENCE.
Shorter words from the letters in ADVERTENCE
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Common questions about ADVERTENCE
- Is ADVERTENCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ADVERTENCE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ADVERTENCE worth?
- ADVERTENCE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADVERTENCE mean?
- Careful attention or heed given to something.
- What letters can be added to ADVERTENCE?
- ADVERTENCE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ADVERTENCE:
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