RELATIVIZE is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. RELATIVIZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RELATIVIZE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RELATIVIZE is to know. It scores 22 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RELATIVIZE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RELATIVIZE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in RELATIVIZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RELATIVIZE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RELATIVIZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To treat something as depending on circumstances rather than as absolute.
Philosophers relativize a claim when they say it holds only from a certain point of view or within a certain culture. Critics of this habit say that to relativize everything leaves no firm ground for judgement.
How RELATIVIZE is used
Relativize is used in academic writing about ideas, values and theories.
- It is tempting to relativize every moral rule.
- The historian tried to relativize the dates by comparing different calendars.
- Do not relativize a crime simply because it happened long ago.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RELATIVIZE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RELATIVIZE
The 10 tiles of RELATIVIZE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with RELATIVIZE
2 longer words begin with RELATIVIZE.
Shorter words from the letters in RELATIVIZE
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Common questions about RELATIVIZE
- Is RELATIVIZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RELATIVIZE, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RELATIVIZE worth?
- RELATIVIZE is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RELATIVIZE mean?
- To treat something as depending on circumstances rather than as absolute.
- What letters can be added to RELATIVIZE?
- RELATIVIZE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of RELATIVIZE:
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