INFANTILE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. INFANTILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INFANTILE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INFANTILE is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INFANTILE
No single letter turns INFANTILE into another word.
How INFANTILE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in INFANTILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INFANTILE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INFANTILE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Belonging to babies, or behaving in a silly and immature way.
Used of illness or age, infantile is a plain description, while used of behaviour it is an insult. Calling a joke infantile means it is fit only for a small child.
How INFANTILE is used
Infantile is applied to diseases, early development and childish conduct.
- His infantile jokes irritated everyone.
- The clinic treats infantile eczema.
- It was an infantile way to settle an argument.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INFANTILE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in INFANTILE
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Common questions about INFANTILE
- Is INFANTILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INFANTILE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INFANTILE worth?
- INFANTILE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INFANTILE mean?
- Belonging to babies, or behaving in a silly and immature way.
- What letters can be added to INFANTILE?
- No single letter can be added to INFANTILE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of INFANTILE:
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