FERTILIZE is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. FERTILIZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FERTILIZE?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FERTILIZE is to know. It scores 21 from 9 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FERTILIZE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FERTILIZE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in FERTILIZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FERTILIZE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FERTILIZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
North American
To make soil richer by adding nutrients, or to join male and female cells so a new life can begin.
Gardeners fertilize beds so crops grow better, while biologists use the same verb for the moment an egg is united with sperm or pollen. Both uses are about enabling growth.
How FERTILIZE is used
Fertilize is used in farming and gardening and in biology, in the American spelling.
- Farmers fertilize the fields every spring.
- Bees help to fertilize the flowers as they move between them.
- The sperm must fertilize the egg for an embryo to form.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FERTILIZE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FERTILIZE
4 longer words begin with FERTILIZE.
Shorter words from the letters in FERTILIZE
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Common questions about FERTILIZE
- Is FERTILIZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FERTILIZE, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FERTILIZE worth?
- FERTILIZE is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FERTILIZE mean?
- To make soil richer by adding nutrients, or to join male and female cells so a new life can begin.
- What letters can be added to FERTILIZE?
- FERTILIZE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of FERTILIZE:
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