NOVICE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. NOVICE 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 NOVICE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOVICE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOVICE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
novicesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOVICE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NOVICE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does NOVICE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person with little or no experience in a particular skill or field.
Novice comes from the Latin word for new, and it first described someone who had just entered a religious order and was still on trial. That sense survives, but the everyday meaning is a beginner of any kind. In sport a novice is often a competitor in the lowest class, such as a novice race for horses that have not yet won.
How NOVICE is used
Neutral; also used as a modifier, as in a novice driver.
- The novice skier stayed on the gentle slope.
- Even a novice can learn this recipe in an hour.
- She joined the convent as a novice at eighteen.
- A novice chess player rarely sees the trap coming.
- The course is aimed at the complete novice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOVICE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NOVICE
The 6 tiles of NOVICE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with NOVICE
5 longer words begin with NOVICE.
Shorter words from the letters in NOVICE
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Common questions about NOVICE
- Is NOVICE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOVICE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOVICE worth?
- NOVICE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOVICE mean?
- A person with little or no experience in a particular skill or field.
- What letters can be added to NOVICE?
- NOVICE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NOVICE:
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