CREOLISE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CREOLISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CREOLISE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CREOLISE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CREOLISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CREOLISE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CREOLISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CREOLISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CREOLISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To form a creole language, or to become the native language of a speech community, as a pidgin does.
Linguists say a pidgin may creolise once children grow up speaking it as their first tongue. The spelling here is the British one.
How CREOLISE is used
Used in linguistics about language contact.
- Over generations the trade language began to creolise.
- Languages can creolise when peoples mix in new settlements.
- The study asked how quickly a pidgin might creolise.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CREOLISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CREOLISE
2 longer words begin with CREOLISE.
Shorter words from the letters in CREOLISE
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Common questions about CREOLISE
- Is CREOLISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CREOLISE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CREOLISE worth?
- CREOLISE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CREOLISE mean?
- To form a creole language, or to become the native language of a speech community, as a pidgin does.
- What letters can be added to CREOLISE?
- CREOLISE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CREOLISE:
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