EXTERIORISE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. EXTERIORISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EXTERIORISE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EXTERIORISE is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EXTERIORISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EXTERIORISE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in EXTERIORISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 3 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EXTERIORISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EXTERIORISE
- EXTERIORISE 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 EXTERIORISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To give an outward, visible or objective form to something that was inward.
Psychologists and art writers use this verb for bringing a hidden feeling into the open, for instance through painting or speech. To exteriorise is to externalise by choice, and the spelling with s is the usual British one.
How EXTERIORISE is used
Mostly found in psychology, art and philosophy writing in British spelling.
- Therapy helped him exteriorise his anger instead of bottling it up.
- The sculptor tried to exteriorise a memory she could not put into words.
- Some writers exteriorise their fears by turning them into characters.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EXTERIORISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EXTERIORISE
2 longer words begin with EXTERIORISE.
Shorter words from the letters in EXTERIORISE
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Common questions about EXTERIORISE
- Is EXTERIORISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EXTERIORISE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EXTERIORISE worth?
- EXTERIORISE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EXTERIORISE mean?
- To give an outward, visible or objective form to something that was inward.
- What letters can be added to EXTERIORISE?
- EXTERIORISE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of EXTERIORISE:
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