NATURALISE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NATURALISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NATURALISE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NATURALISE is to know. It scores 10 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NATURALISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NATURALISE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in NATURALISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NATURALISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NATURALISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To grant citizenship to a foreign-born person, or to introduce a plant or animal so that it thrives as if native.
Governments naturalise immigrants after they meet legal requirements, while gardeners see a foreign plant naturalise when it spreads in the wild. The idea behind both uses is a newcomer being treated as belonging.
How NATURALISE is used
Naturalise is the British spelling and is used in law, immigration and ecology.
- She applied to naturalise after ten years in the country.
- Daffodils naturalise easily in damp grass.
- Many foreign words slowly naturalise in English.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NATURALISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NATURALISE
2 longer words begin with NATURALISE.
Shorter words from the letters in NATURALISE
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Common questions about NATURALISE
- Is NATURALISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NATURALISE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NATURALISE worth?
- NATURALISE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NATURALISE mean?
- To grant citizenship to a foreign-born person, or to introduce a plant or animal so that it thrives as if native.
- What letters can be added to NATURALISE?
- NATURALISE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of NATURALISE:
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