VERJUICE is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. VERJUICE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VERJUICE?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VERJUICE is to know. It scores 20 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VERJUICE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VERJUICE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in VERJUICE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VERJUICE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VERJUICE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The sharp, sour juice pressed from unripe grapes or crab apples, used in cooking.
Before lemons were common in northern kitchens, cooks reached for verjuice to add acid to sauces and stews. It was also used in old medicine. Today the word turns up in recipes that aim to recreate historic dishes, and figuratively for a sour temper.
How VERJUICE is used
Found in cookery writing and historical texts, sometimes as a figure for sourness.
- The recipe called for a splash of verjuice instead of vinegar.
- Medieval cooks pressed unripe grapes to make verjuice.
- His tone had the sharpness of verjuice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VERJUICE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VERJUICE
2 longer words begin with VERJUICE.
Shorter words from the letters in VERJUICE
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Common questions about VERJUICE
- Is VERJUICE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VERJUICE, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VERJUICE worth?
- VERJUICE is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VERJUICE mean?
- The sharp, sour juice pressed from unripe grapes or crab apples, used in cooking.
- What letters can be added to VERJUICE?
- VERJUICE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of VERJUICE:
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