VENDUE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. VENDUE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VENDUE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VENDUE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VENDUE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
venduesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VENDUE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in VENDUE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 94,070.
What does VENDUE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A public sale in which goods are sold to whoever bids the most.
Vendue reached English through French and Dutch trading usage and was long common in colonial America, where slaves, land and household goods were all sold this way. The word has largely given way to auction, though it lingers in some old legal and place names. Reading it in a source tells you that the text is old or from the early United States.
How VENDUE is used
Historical; mainly American usage of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
- The farm was sold at vendue to settle the debts.
- Notices of the vendue were nailed to the courthouse door.
- He bought the clock at a vendue in the village square.
- The old record lists every item sold at the vendue.
- A crowd gathered on the green for the vendue of the estate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VENDUE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VENDUE
1 longer words begin with VENDUE.
Shorter words from the letters in VENDUE
Common questions about VENDUE
- Is VENDUE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VENDUE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VENDUE worth?
- VENDUE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VENDUE mean?
- A public sale in which goods are sold to whoever bids the most.
- What letters can be added to VENDUE?
- VENDUE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of VENDUE:
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