PICTURIZE is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. PICTURIZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PICTURIZE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PICTURIZE is to know. It scores 22 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PICTURIZE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PICTURIZE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PICTURIZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PICTURIZE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PICTURIZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
North American
To adapt a story, novel or play into a film.
Studios once talked of how they would picturize a bestselling novel for the screen. In older usage, the word could also mean to decorate something with pictures or to imagine a scene vividly.
How PICTURIZE is used
The verb picturize is somewhat dated and is now most often seen in Indian and American film writing.
- The studio planned to picturize the famous novel.
- It took years to picturize the epic poem for the cinema.
- Directors often picturize a song with elaborate dance scenes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PICTURIZE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PICTURIZE
2 longer words begin with PICTURIZE.
Shorter words from the letters in PICTURIZE
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Common questions about PICTURIZE
- Is PICTURIZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PICTURIZE, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PICTURIZE worth?
- PICTURIZE is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PICTURIZE mean?
- To adapt a story, novel or play into a film.
- What letters can be added to PICTURIZE?
- PICTURIZE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PICTURIZE:
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