SCANDALISE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SCANDALISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCANDALISE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCANDALISE is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCANDALISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCANDALISE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SCANDALISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SCANDALISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SCANDALISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To shock people by behaviour that seems to break moral rules or good manners.
To scandalise someone is to outrage their sense of propriety, often on purpose. Sailors also used the word for reducing a sail's area by lowering its head or raising the boom.
How SCANDALISE is used
Scandalise is the British spelling; American writers prefer scandalize.
- The play was written to scandalise the respectable audience.
- Her remarks managed to scandalise the whole dinner table.
- Nothing could scandalise the village more than a divorce.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCANDALISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SCANDALISE
4 longer words begin with SCANDALISE.
Shorter words from the letters in SCANDALISE
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Common questions about SCANDALISE
- Is SCANDALISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCANDALISE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCANDALISE worth?
- SCANDALISE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCANDALISE mean?
- To shock people by behaviour that seems to break moral rules or good manners.
- What letters can be added to SCANDALISE?
- SCANDALISE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SCANDALISE:
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