VILLENAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. VILLENAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VILLENAGE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VILLENAGE is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VILLENAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
villenagesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VILLENAGE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in VILLENAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VILLENAGE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VILLENAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
The medieval condition of a peasant who held land from a lord in return for labour and obedience rather than for money.
Villenage was a legal status as much as an economic arrangement, because it tied a family to a particular estate. Historians contrast villenage with free tenure, under which a tenant could leave or bargain for terms.
How VILLENAGE is used
Used in medieval and legal history when describing feudal landholding and the duties owed to a lord.
- Under villenage, the peasant could not leave the manor without the lord's permission.
- The charter freed the family from villenage after generations of service.
- Villenage gradually declined as paid labour replaced customary duties.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VILLENAGE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VILLENAGE
1 longer words begin with VILLENAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in VILLENAGE
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Common questions about VILLENAGE
- Is VILLENAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VILLENAGE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VILLENAGE worth?
- VILLENAGE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VILLENAGE mean?
- The medieval condition of a peasant who held land from a lord in return for labour and obedience rather than for money.
- What letters can be added to VILLENAGE?
- VILLENAGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of VILLENAGE:
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