NOVELISE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. NOVELISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOVELISE?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOVELISE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOVELISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOVELISE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NOVELISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NOVELISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NOVELISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To rewrite a film, play or true story as a novel.
To novelise a screenplay means expanding scenes with thoughts and description that the screen could not show. Publishers often novelise a film to coincide with its release. British spelling uses an s where American usage prefers z.
How NOVELISE is used
Used in publishing and film tie-in talk, mainly in British English.
- She was hired to novelise the new thriller.
- They plan to novelise the original series.
- It is hard to novelise a film that has little dialogue.
- He agreed to novelise the true story of the expedition.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOVELISE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NOVELISE
4 longer words begin with NOVELISE.
Shorter words from the letters in NOVELISE
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Common questions about NOVELISE
- Is NOVELISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOVELISE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOVELISE worth?
- NOVELISE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOVELISE mean?
- To rewrite a film, play or true story as a novel.
- What letters can be added to NOVELISE?
- NOVELISE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NOVELISE:
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