FOCALISE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. FOCALISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FOCALISE?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOCALISE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOCALISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FOCALISE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FOCALISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FOCALISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about FOCALISE
- All 8 letters of FOCALISE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FOCALISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To bring into focus, or to concentrate on a single point or area.
Focalise is used in optics for converging rays and in medicine for confining an infection to one spot. Critics of fiction also use it when a story is told through one character's eyes.
How FOCALISE is used
British spelling, technical and critical writing.
- A lens will focalise the rays on the screen.
- The body tried to focalise the infection in one area.
- The novelist chose to focalise the story through a child.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOCALISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FOCALISE
The 8 tiles of FOCALISE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FOCALISE
2 longer words begin with FOCALISE.
Shorter words from the letters in FOCALISE
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Common questions about FOCALISE
- Is FOCALISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOCALISE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOCALISE worth?
- FOCALISE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOCALISE mean?
- To bring into focus, or to concentrate on a single point or area.
- What letters can be added to FOCALISE?
- FOCALISE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FOCALISE:
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