CANONISE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CANONISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CANONISE?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANONISE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANONISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CANONISE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CANONISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CANONISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CANONISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To declare officially that a dead person is a saint, especially in the Roman Catholic Church.
The Church only chooses to canonise someone after a long investigation of that person's life and reported miracles. In general speech the verb is stretched to mean treating someone as above criticism.
How CANONISE is used
British spelling, used of formal declarations of sainthood and figuratively of idealising a person.
- The Pope will canonise the nun next spring.
- Fans were quick to canonise the singer after his death.
- It takes decades before the Church will canonise a candidate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANONISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CANONISE
4 longer words begin with CANONISE.
Shorter words from the letters in CANONISE
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Common questions about CANONISE
- Is CANONISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANONISE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANONISE worth?
- CANONISE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANONISE mean?
- To declare officially that a dead person is a saint, especially in the Roman Catholic Church.
- What letters can be added to CANONISE?
- CANONISE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CANONISE:
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