ESCRIBING is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. ESCRIBING is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 14 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
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Depends on the listESCRIBING · 9 letters · 14 pts Scrabble · 18 pts WWF
14points in Scrabble
18points in Words with Friends
9letters
1hook available
Which word lists accept ESCRIBING?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 31 / 100
31WORD POWER
Points per tile 35%1.56
Hooks 25%1
Bingo potential 20%no
Tile availability 20%5.89%
Our own measure of how useful ESCRIBING is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ESCRIBING
Front hooks — 1
describingBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ESCRIBING scores
Scrabble e1s1c3r1i1b3i1n1g2 14
Words with Friends e1s1c4r1i1b4i1n2g3 18
Face value of the 9 tiles in ESCRIBING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ESCRIBING has to be built on the board across turns.
Shorter words from the letters in ESCRIBING
scribing13 inscribe12 bingers10 bingies10 birsing10 breiing10 cringes10 brinies9 irenics9 sericin9 sirenic9 ibices10 scribe10 begins9 beings9 besing9 binger9 binges9 brings9 cering9 cringe9 gibers9 grices9 icings9 ricing9 biners8 brines8 crines8 iberis8 incise8 irenic8 nebris8 ricins8 scrine8 girnie7 greins7 reigns7 renigs7 resign7 rising7
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Common questions about ESCRIBING
- Is ESCRIBING valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ESCRIBING is not in it.
- How many points is ESCRIBING worth?
- ESCRIBING is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What letters can be added to ESCRIBING?
- ESCRIBING takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ESCRIBING:
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