RADICALISE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. RADICALISE 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 RADICALISE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RADICALISE is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RADICALISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RADICALISE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in RADICALISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RADICALISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RADICALISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To lead a person or group to adopt extreme political or social views.
To radicalise someone is to push them towards the edge of a political position, often through propaganda or grievance. The British spelling ends in -ise, and many writers use radicalize instead. News reports link the verb to extremism and online recruitment.
How RADICALISE is used
Radicalise is common in British news and policy talk about extremism.
- Recruiters tried to radicalise lonely teenagers online.
- Years of unemployment can radicalise a whole community.
- The speech did little except radicalise the opposition.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RADICALISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RADICALISE
The 10 tiles of RADICALISE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with RADICALISE
2 longer words begin with RADICALISE.
Shorter words from the letters in RADICALISE
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Common questions about RADICALISE
- Is RADICALISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RADICALISE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RADICALISE worth?
- RADICALISE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RADICALISE mean?
- To lead a person or group to adopt extreme political or social views.
- What letters can be added to RADICALISE?
- RADICALISE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of RADICALISE:
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