TEAZE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. TEAZE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 14 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept TEAZE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TEAZE is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TEAZE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TEAZE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TEAZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,124.
What does TEAZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
obsolete
To provoke or mock someone playfully; an old spelling of tease.
Teaze shows up in older English writing wherever a modern text would use tease, whether describing children at play or one friend gently mocking another. The spelling shifted over time, but the playful, needling sense stayed the same.
How TEAZE is used
An old spelling found mainly in historical or literary texts.
- The older boys would teaze him about his accent.
- She loved to teaze her brother about his cooking.
- The cat seemed to teaze the dog through the fence.
- Don't teaze her, she's only trying her best.
- He wrote that the crowd would teaze the poor performer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TEAZE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TEAZE
8 longer words begin with TEAZE.
Shorter words from the letters in TEAZE
Common questions about TEAZE
- Is TEAZE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and TEAZE is not in it.
- How many points is TEAZE worth?
- TEAZE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TEAZE mean?
- To provoke or mock someone playfully; an old spelling of tease.
- What letters can be added to TEAZE?
- TEAZE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TEAZE:
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