FAMILIARISE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. FAMILIARISE 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 FAMILIARISE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAMILIARISE is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAMILIARISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FAMILIARISE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in FAMILIARISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FAMILIARISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FAMILIARISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To make someone well acquainted with something, or to make something widely known.
New staff are asked to familiarise themselves with safety rules before they begin. This is the British spelling; American writers use familiarize.
How FAMILIARISE is used
Familiarise is the standard British spelling, often followed by with.
- Please familiarise yourself with the fire exits.
- The tour helped to familiarise visitors with local customs.
- He spent a week trying to familiarise the team with the software.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAMILIARISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FAMILIARISE
4 longer words begin with FAMILIARISE.
Shorter words from the letters in FAMILIARISE
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Common questions about FAMILIARISE
- Is FAMILIARISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAMILIARISE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAMILIARISE worth?
- FAMILIARISE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAMILIARISE mean?
- To make someone well acquainted with something, or to make something widely known.
- What letters can be added to FAMILIARISE?
- FAMILIARISE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of FAMILIARISE:
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