ANGLICISE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ANGLICISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANGLICISE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANGLICISE is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANGLICISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANGLICISE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ANGLICISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANGLICISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANGLICISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To make something English in form, sound or character.
Speakers anglicise foreign names and loanwords by bending spelling and pronunciation toward English habits, as with Köln becoming Cologne. The same word covers making a custom or a person more English in outlook.
How ANGLICISE is used
The -ise spelling is standard in British English; American writers use anglicize.
- Many immigrants chose to anglicise their surnames on arrival.
- The publisher decided to anglicise the title for the British market.
- Over the years the village began to anglicise its old customs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANGLICISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANGLICISE
2 longer words begin with ANGLICISE.
Shorter words from the letters in ANGLICISE
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Common questions about ANGLICISE
- Is ANGLICISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANGLICISE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANGLICISE worth?
- ANGLICISE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANGLICISE mean?
- To make something English in form, sound or character.
- What letters can be added to ANGLICISE?
- ANGLICISE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ANGLICISE:
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