AVYZE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 20 points
It depends on the list you play by. AVYZE 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 20 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept AVYZE?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AVYZE is to know. It scores 20 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AVYZE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AVYZE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AVYZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What stands out about AVYZE
- AVYZE scores 20 points, more than twice the average for a 5-letter word (9.2).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AVYZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To advise, consider, or deliberate.
Avyze is an old spelling variant of avise and avize, verbs that once meant to look carefully at something, weigh it in one's mind, and give counsel about it. The word belongs to the language of Renaissance poetry, most famously Spenser, and a modern reader meets it only in older texts or in writing that deliberately imitates their style.
How AVYZE is used
Archaic literary verb, met almost only in older poetry and in deliberately archaic writing.
- The knight did avyze himself before answering the challenge.
- She would not act until she had time to avyze the matter.
- The old counsellor was quick to avyze the king on such questions.
- He paused to avyze the risks before setting sail.
- The poem has the elder avyze the young knight on his quest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AVYZE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AVYZE
2 longer words begin with AVYZE.
Shorter words from the letters in AVYZE
Common questions about AVYZE
- Is AVYZE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and AVYZE is not in it.
- How many points is AVYZE worth?
- AVYZE is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AVYZE mean?
- To advise, consider, or deliberate.
- What letters can be added to AVYZE?
- AVYZE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AVYZE:
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