CIVILIANIZE is a valid Scrabble word — 25 points
Yes. CIVILIANIZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 25 points in Scrabble and 29 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CIVILIANIZE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CIVILIANIZE is to know. It scores 25 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CIVILIANIZE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CIVILIANIZE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CIVILIANIZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 4 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CIVILIANIZE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CIVILIANIZE
- The letter I appears four times in CIVILIANIZE.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CIVILIANIZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To change something from military to civilian use or control.
After a war, a government may civilianize old barracks and factories so they serve ordinary people. The word can also describe putting civil officials in charge of work once done by soldiers.
How CIVILIANIZE is used
Used in politics, administration and economic history; the American spelling is shown here.
- The new law aims to civilianize the police service.
- They plan to civilianize the former army base as a business park.
- It took years to civilianize the wartime industries.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CIVILIANIZE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CIVILIANIZE
2 longer words begin with CIVILIANIZE.
Shorter words from the letters in CIVILIANIZE
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Common questions about CIVILIANIZE
- Is CIVILIANIZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CIVILIANIZE, where it scores 29 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CIVILIANIZE worth?
- CIVILIANIZE is worth 25 points in Scrabble and 29 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CIVILIANIZE mean?
- To change something from military to civilian use or control.
- What letters can be added to CIVILIANIZE?
- CIVILIANIZE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CIVILIANIZE:
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