VICE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. VICE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VICE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VICE is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VICE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VICE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in VICE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does VICE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Immoral or wicked behaviour.
Vice meaning wickedness and vice meaning a gripping tool are two unrelated borrowings that fell together in spelling. A third vice, the one in job titles, is a Latin preposition meaning in place of.
How VICE is used
Uncountable and countable.
- A vice that nobody in the household mentioned.
- The word vice covers three unrelated borrowings.
- A vice on the bench holds the work steady.
- Vice in a job title means in place of.
- Two vices of very different seriousness.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VICE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of VICE
The 4 tiles of VICE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with VICE
24 longer words begin with VICE.
Words ending in VICE
12 words end in VICE. Useful as a back hook: play VICE onto a word already on the board.
Words with VICE inside
Showing 24 of 49 words that contain VICE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with VICE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VICE
Common questions about VICE
- Is VICE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VICE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VICE worth?
- VICE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VICE mean?
- Immoral or wicked behaviour.
- What letters can be added to VICE?
- VICE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of VICE:
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