VIDEOTAPE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. VIDEOTAPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VIDEOTAPE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIDEOTAPE is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIDEOTAPE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VIDEOTAPE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in VIDEOTAPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VIDEOTAPE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VIDEOTAPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Magnetic tape used to record and play back pictures and sound.
Videotape was the home and studio format for decades before digital files replaced it. It is also a verb meaning to record on tape, and the noun can mean the finished recording itself.
How VIDEOTAPE is used
Videotape is used as a noun for the medium or recording and as a verb meaning to record.
- The old wedding is stored on a videotape in the attic.
- They decided to videotape the lecture for those who could not attend.
- The police studied the videotape frame by frame.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIDEOTAPE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VIDEOTAPE
2 longer words begin with VIDEOTAPE.
Shorter words from the letters in VIDEOTAPE
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Common questions about VIDEOTAPE
- Is VIDEOTAPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIDEOTAPE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIDEOTAPE worth?
- VIDEOTAPE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIDEOTAPE mean?
- Magnetic tape used to record and play back pictures and sound.
- What letters can be added to VIDEOTAPE?
- VIDEOTAPE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of VIDEOTAPE:
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