EXTEMPORISE is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. EXTEMPORISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EXTEMPORISE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EXTEMPORISE is to know. It scores 22 from 11 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EXTEMPORISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EXTEMPORISE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in EXTEMPORISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 3 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EXTEMPORISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EXTEMPORISE
- EXTEMPORISE 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 EXTEMPORISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To speak or perform without preparation, making it up as you go.
A speaker who loses their notes must extemporise, and a jazz player may extemporise a solo on the spot. This is the British spelling; American writers use a z.
How EXTEMPORISE is used
Used for speeches, music and theatre, and for improvised solutions in general.
- When the projector failed, she had to extemporise the whole talk.
- The pianist began to extemporise on a simple theme.
- We had no recipe, so we had to extemporise dinner.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EXTEMPORISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EXTEMPORISE
4 longer words begin with EXTEMPORISE.
Shorter words from the letters in EXTEMPORISE
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Common questions about EXTEMPORISE
- Is EXTEMPORISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EXTEMPORISE, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EXTEMPORISE worth?
- EXTEMPORISE is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EXTEMPORISE mean?
- To speak or perform without preparation, making it up as you go.
- What letters can be added to EXTEMPORISE?
- EXTEMPORISE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of EXTEMPORISE:
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