PAGANISE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PAGANISE 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 PAGANISE?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PAGANISE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PAGANISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PAGANISE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PAGANISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PAGANISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PAGANISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To make something pagan in character, belief or form.
Historians use paganise for the process by which Christian festivals or institutions took on older, non-Christian customs, or the reverse effort to restore pagan worship. The British spelling uses -ise, while American writers prefer a z. The word is mostly found in studies of religion and folklore.
How PAGANISE is used
British spelling; the -ize spelling is not in this collection.
- Some scholars say the feast tried to paganise a Christian holiday.
- The poet longed to paganise his native village in verse.
- They accused the regime of seeking to paganise the schools.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PAGANISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PAGANISE
The 8 tiles of PAGANISE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PAGANISE
4 longer words begin with PAGANISE.
Shorter words from the letters in PAGANISE
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Common questions about PAGANISE
- Is PAGANISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PAGANISE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PAGANISE worth?
- PAGANISE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PAGANISE mean?
- To make something pagan in character, belief or form.
- What letters can be added to PAGANISE?
- PAGANISE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PAGANISE:
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