PRIVATISE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PRIVATISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRIVATISE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRIVATISE is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRIVATISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PRIVATISE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PRIVATISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PRIVATISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PRIVATISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To move a business or service out of state ownership and into private hands.
Governments privatise railways, water companies and airlines to raise money or cut running costs. Supporters praise the efficiency gain, while critics fear higher prices and weaker public control.
How PRIVATISE is used
The standard British spelling, used in news and politics, with the American spelling privatize.
- The government plans to privatise the postal service.
- They voted to privatise the energy company within two years.
- Few ministers dared to privatise the hospitals.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRIVATISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PRIVATISE
The 9 tiles of PRIVATISE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PRIVATISE
4 longer words begin with PRIVATISE.
Shorter words from the letters in PRIVATISE
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Common questions about PRIVATISE
- Is PRIVATISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRIVATISE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRIVATISE worth?
- PRIVATISE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRIVATISE mean?
- To move a business or service out of state ownership and into private hands.
- What letters can be added to PRIVATISE?
- PRIVATISE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PRIVATISE:
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