EXORCISE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. EXORCISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EXORCISE?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EXORCISE is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EXORCISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EXORCISE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in EXORCISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EXORCISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EXORCISE
- EXORCISE begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EXORCISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To drive out an evil spirit from a person or place by ritual, or to rid oneself of a haunting memory.
Priests exorcise demons in old stories, while in everyday speech people exorcise their fears or a painful past. The sense is always of expelling something unwelcome that clings on.
How EXORCISE is used
The usual British spelling; Americans write exorcize.
- The priest was called in to exorcise the house.
- She hoped the trip would exorcise the memory of the accident.
- The new coach tried to exorcise the team's losing habit.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EXORCISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EXORCISE
4 longer words begin with EXORCISE.
Shorter words from the letters in EXORCISE
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Common questions about EXORCISE
- Is EXORCISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EXORCISE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EXORCISE worth?
- EXORCISE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EXORCISE mean?
- To drive out an evil spirit from a person or place by ritual, or to rid oneself of a haunting memory.
- What letters can be added to EXORCISE?
- EXORCISE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of EXORCISE:
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