INVIGILATE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. INVIGILATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INVIGILATE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INVIGILATE is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INVIGILATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INVIGILATE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in INVIGILATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 3 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INVIGILATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INVIGILATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To watch over students during an exam to prevent cheating.
Teachers invigilate by walking the hall and enforcing the rules. The verb is common in British and Commonwealth schools, where Americans would say proctor.
How INVIGILATE is used
The word invigilate is used for supervising written tests.
- I have to invigilate the maths exam on Friday.
- Two teachers will invigilate the hall.
- She was asked to invigilate during the retake.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INVIGILATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INVIGILATE
2 longer words begin with INVIGILATE.
Shorter words from the letters in INVIGILATE
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Common questions about INVIGILATE
- Is INVIGILATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INVIGILATE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INVIGILATE worth?
- INVIGILATE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INVIGILATE mean?
- To watch over students during an exam to prevent cheating.
- What letters can be added to INVIGILATE?
- INVIGILATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of INVIGILATE:
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