PEIZE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 16 points
It depends on the list you play by. PEIZE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 16 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PEIZE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PEIZE is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PEIZE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PEIZE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PEIZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 63,373.
What does PEIZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicrare
To weigh something, or to balance and poise it carefully.
To peize something is to judge or measure its weight, often by holding or hefting it rather than by using a scale. The word also covers the related sense of balancing an object so that it holds steady. It is an old verb, found mainly in archaic and dialect English rather than in current speech. Several spellings of the same word appear in older texts, including peise and peaze.
How PEIZE is used
Archaic and rare, met almost exclusively in older or dialect texts rather than in modern writing.
- The old smith would peize a bar of iron in his hand before working it.
- He tried to peize the stone before deciding whether to lift it alone.
- The merchant would peize each sack before naming a price.
- She learned to peize a fish by hand long before owning a scale.
- The carpenter would peize the beam to check it was evenly balanced.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PEIZE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PEIZE
2 longer words begin with PEIZE.
Shorter words from the letters in PEIZE
Common questions about PEIZE
- Is PEIZE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PEIZE is not in it.
- How many points is PEIZE worth?
- PEIZE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PEIZE mean?
- To weigh something, or to balance and poise it carefully.
- What letters can be added to PEIZE?
- PEIZE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PEIZE:
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