CIVILISE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CIVILISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CIVILISE?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CIVILISE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CIVILISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CIVILISE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CIVILISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CIVILISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CIVILISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To bring a place or people to a more advanced stage of social development, or to make more polite and refined.
The word has a troubled history, as colonial writers used civilise to justify taking over other lands. In everyday talk it can be mild, as in teaching a rowdy child better manners. This is the British spelling.
How CIVILISE is used
American English uses civilize; the s form is standard in British writing.
- Good teachers help civilise unruly classes.
- He tried to civilise his table manners.
- Critics reject the claim that conquest could civilise anyone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CIVILISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CIVILISE
4 longer words begin with CIVILISE.
Shorter words from the letters in CIVILISE
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Common questions about CIVILISE
- Is CIVILISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CIVILISE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CIVILISE worth?
- CIVILISE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CIVILISE mean?
- To bring a place or people to a more advanced stage of social development, or to make more polite and refined.
- What letters can be added to CIVILISE?
- CIVILISE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CIVILISE:
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