PALEWISE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PALEWISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PALEWISE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PALEWISE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PALEWISE
No single letter turns PALEWISE into another word.
How PALEWISE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PALEWISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PALEWISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PALEWISE mean in Scrabble?
adverb
heraldry
Arranged in vertical lines or bands, in the way a pale divides a shield.
Palewise belongs to heraldry, where a pale is an upright stripe down the middle of a shield. A shield split palewise has two halves side by side.
How PALEWISE is used
Heraldic term, used in descriptions of arms.
- The shield was divided palewise into red and gold.
- A sword was set palewise on the field.
- Describe the banner as striped palewise.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PALEWISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PALEWISE
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Common questions about PALEWISE
- Is PALEWISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PALEWISE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PALEWISE worth?
- PALEWISE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PALEWISE mean?
- Arranged in vertical lines or bands, in the way a pale divides a shield.
- What letters can be added to PALEWISE?
- No single letter can be added to PALEWISE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PALEWISE:
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