VIGESIMAL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. VIGESIMAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VIGESIMAL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIGESIMAL is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIGESIMAL
No single letter turns VIGESIMAL into another word.
How VIGESIMAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in VIGESIMAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VIGESIMAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VIGESIMAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Based on the number twenty, or counting in twenties.
A vigesimal system counts in twenties the way ours counts in tens. The French quatre-vingts, meaning four twenties, is a well-known survival, and the Maya used a vigesimal system.
How VIGESIMAL is used
Vigesimal appears in linguistics and in studies of number systems.
- The Maya used a vigesimal system of counting.
- Linguists note vigesimal traces in several European languages.
- A vigesimal scale groups numbers in sets of twenty.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIGESIMAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in VIGESIMAL
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Common questions about VIGESIMAL
- Is VIGESIMAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIGESIMAL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIGESIMAL worth?
- VIGESIMAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIGESIMAL mean?
- Based on the number twenty, or counting in twenties.
- What letters can be added to VIGESIMAL?
- No single letter can be added to VIGESIMAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of VIGESIMAL:
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