VIDEOTEX is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. VIDEOTEX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VIDEOTEX?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIDEOTEX is to know. It scores 19 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIDEOTEX
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
videotextChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How VIDEOTEX scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in VIDEOTEX, 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 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VIDEOTEX has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VIDEOTEX mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
An electronic information system that shows pages of data from a remote computer on a screen.
Videotex was an early forerunner of the web, popular in the 1980s through services like Minitel. Users could read news, check timetables and shop on a home terminal or television. The name is a general term for the whole family of such systems.
How VIDEOTEX is used
A historical technology term, used when discussing pre-internet online services.
- France built a huge videotex network.
- The bank offered videotex banking in the 1980s.
- Early videotex screens showed blocky coloured text.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIDEOTEX and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VIDEOTEX
3 longer words begin with VIDEOTEX.
Shorter words from the letters in VIDEOTEX
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Common questions about VIDEOTEX
- Is VIDEOTEX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIDEOTEX, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIDEOTEX worth?
- VIDEOTEX is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIDEOTEX mean?
- An electronic information system that shows pages of data from a remote computer on a screen.
- What letters can be added to VIDEOTEX?
- VIDEOTEX takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of VIDEOTEX:
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