VIEUX is not a Scrabble word — it is valid only in Words with Friends
No for Scrabble. VIEUX is in none of the Scrabble word lists, but Words with Friends accepts it: that game keeps its own list, and it includes short forms that the paper dictionaries never carried. Worth 17 points there.
Which word lists accept VIEUX?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Not listed |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIEUX is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIEUX
No single letter turns VIEUX into another word.
How VIEUX scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in VIEUX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What stands out about VIEUX
- VIEUX runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does VIEUX mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rareliterary
Old-fashioned or hackneyed, especially in style or manner.
Vieux is borrowed directly from French, where it simply means old, but in English it is used to describe something that feels stale, dated or overused. A vieux phrase or vieux fashion is one that has lost its freshness through repetition. It is a rare literary borrowing rather than a word in everyday use.
How VIEUX is used
Rare and literary; most English speakers would simply say old-fashioned or hackneyed instead.
- The critic dismissed the plot as vieux and predictable.
- His jokes felt vieux even to his oldest friends.
- She avoided the vieux phrases that filled the earlier drafts.
- The reviewer called the costume design vieux rather than classic.
- Everything about the production seemed vieux next to the new play.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIEUX and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in VIEUX
Common questions about VIEUX
- Is VIEUX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIEUX, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIEUX worth?
- VIEUX is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIEUX mean?
- Old-fashioned or hackneyed, especially in style or manner.
- What letters can be added to VIEUX?
- No single letter can be added to VIEUX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of VIEUX:
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