AVIZE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 17 points
It depends on the list you play by. AVIZE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 17 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept AVIZE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AVIZE is to know. It scores 17 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AVIZE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AVIZE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AVIZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,728.
What does AVIZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To consider or reflect carefully on something, or to take good note of it.
To avize a matter meant to weigh it thoughtfully before acting or speaking, often with the sense of forming a judgement. The word faded from ordinary use centuries ago and now appears mainly in older texts or word-game lists.
How AVIZE is used
Archaic; found in older literature rather than in current speech or writing.
- He paused to avize the matter before giving his answer.
- The council was told to avize the plan carefully overnight.
- She would avize every offer twice before accepting one.
- Let us avize the situation before sending word to the king.
- The old letter urges him to avize his course of action.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AVIZE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AVIZE
3 longer words begin with AVIZE.
Shorter words from the letters in AVIZE
Common questions about AVIZE
- Is AVIZE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and AVIZE is not in it.
- How many points is AVIZE worth?
- AVIZE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AVIZE mean?
- To consider or reflect carefully on something, or to take good note of it.
- What letters can be added to AVIZE?
- AVIZE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AVIZE:
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