VERBILE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. VERBILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VERBILE?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VERBILE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VERBILE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
verbilesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VERBILE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in VERBILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 280,716.
What does VERBILE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalrare
A person whose mental imagery works mainly through words rather than pictures.
The term comes from the study of how people think and remember. A verbile tends to recall a scene as a description in words, while a visualizer recalls it as an image.
How VERBILE is used
Found in psychology and word-game circles, and rarely outside them.
- As a verbile, she remembered the street by its name, not its look.
- The test suggested he was more of a verbile than a visualizer.
- A verbile may prefer reading instructions to studying a diagram.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VERBILE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VERBILE
1 longer words begin with VERBILE.
Shorter words from the letters in VERBILE
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Common questions about VERBILE
- Is VERBILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VERBILE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VERBILE worth?
- VERBILE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VERBILE mean?
- A person whose mental imagery works mainly through words rather than pictures.
- What letters can be added to VERBILE?
- VERBILE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of VERBILE:
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