ARABIZE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. ARABIZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARABIZE?
| 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: 66 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARABIZE is to know. It scores 18 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARABIZE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARABIZE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ARABIZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 343,098.
What does ARABIZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To give something an Arab or Arabic character, or to make or become Arab in custom or language.
To arabize a region or a school system means shifting its language and culture toward Arabic. Governments have sometimes tried to arabize public administration after independence.
How ARABIZE is used
The verb arabize appears in discussions of language policy and cultural history.
- The new government sought to arabize the school curriculum.
- Over centuries, many local communities began to arabize.
- Translators had to arabize the foreign technical terms.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARABIZE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ARABIZE
2 longer words begin with ARABIZE.
Shorter words from the letters in ARABIZE
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Common questions about ARABIZE
- Is ARABIZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARABIZE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARABIZE worth?
- ARABIZE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARABIZE mean?
- To give something an Arab or Arabic character, or to make or become Arab in custom or language.
- What letters can be added to ARABIZE?
- ARABIZE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ARABIZE:
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