VICINAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. VICINAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VICINAGE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VICINAGE is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VICINAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
vicinagesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VICINAGE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in VICINAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VICINAGE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VICINAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
The area near or around a place, or the people who live there.
Vicinage is a formal word for the surrounding district. In American law it can also mean the neighbourhood from which a jury is drawn.
How VICINAGE is used
Vicinage is used in formal writing and legal contexts.
- Few shops were found in the vicinage.
- The whole vicinage turned out to watch.
- He knew every family in the vicinage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VICINAGE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VICINAGE
1 longer words begin with VICINAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in VICINAGE
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Common questions about VICINAGE
- Is VICINAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VICINAGE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VICINAGE worth?
- VICINAGE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VICINAGE mean?
- The area near or around a place, or the people who live there.
- What letters can be added to VICINAGE?
- VICINAGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of VICINAGE:
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