DULCIFY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. DULCIFY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DULCIFY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DULCIFY is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DULCIFY
No single letter turns DULCIFY into another word.
How DULCIFY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in DULCIFY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,474 thousand.
What does DULCIFY mean in Scrabble?
verb
literaryarchaic
To make sweeter, milder or more agreeable.
Dulcify can be literal, as with a bitter taste, or figurative, as with a harsh temper. It comes from the Latin word for sweet and is mostly a bookish alternative to soften.
How DULCIFY is used
Found in older or elevated writing about taste, tone or mood.
- A spoonful of honey will dulcify the bitter tea.
- Her kind words did little to dulcify his anger.
- The poet tried to dulcify the grief of the ending.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DULCIFY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DULCIFY
1 longer words begin with DULCIFY.
Shorter words from the letters in DULCIFY
Common questions about DULCIFY
- Is DULCIFY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DULCIFY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DULCIFY worth?
- DULCIFY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DULCIFY mean?
- To make sweeter, milder or more agreeable.
- What letters can be added to DULCIFY?
- No single letter can be added to DULCIFY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of DULCIFY:
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