POLARIZE is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. POLARIZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POLARIZE?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POLARIZE is to know. It scores 19 from 8 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POLARIZE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POLARIZE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in POLARIZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POLARIZE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about POLARIZE
- All 8 letters of POLARIZE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does POLARIZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To split opinion or people into two sharply opposed camps, or to give light waves a single direction of vibration.
In news and politics a topic can polarize voters until almost no middle ground is left. In physics the same verb describes passing light through a filter so that its waves vibrate in one plane. The British spelling polarise is described in its own entry.
How POLARIZE is used
Polarize is common in political commentary and in optics, usually with a topic or a filter as the cause.
- The new tax plan threatened to polarize the whole country.
- Special sunglasses polarize the light to cut glare from water.
- Critics said the speech would polarize an audience that was already divided.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POLARIZE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POLARIZE
4 longer words begin with POLARIZE.
Shorter words from the letters in POLARIZE
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Common questions about POLARIZE
- Is POLARIZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POLARIZE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POLARIZE worth?
- POLARIZE is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POLARIZE mean?
- To split opinion or people into two sharply opposed camps, or to give light waves a single direction of vibration.
- What letters can be added to POLARIZE?
- POLARIZE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of POLARIZE:
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