VIPERINE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. VIPERINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VIPERINE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIPERINE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIPERINE
No single letter turns VIPERINE into another word.
How VIPERINE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in VIPERINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VIPERINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VIPERINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Resembling or relating to a viper; snake-like and venomous in manner.
A viperine glare is cold and threatening, and a viperine tongue is full of spite. Biologists also use the word for creatures that look like vipers, such as the viperine water snake.
How VIPERINE is used
Literary or technical, both in figures of speech and in zoology.
- The critic gave a viperine smile.
- A viperine pattern marked the back of the harmless snake.
- Her viperine remarks stung the whole room.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIPERINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in VIPERINE
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Common questions about VIPERINE
- Is VIPERINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIPERINE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIPERINE worth?
- VIPERINE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIPERINE mean?
- Resembling or relating to a viper; snake-like and venomous in manner.
- What letters can be added to VIPERINE?
- No single letter can be added to VIPERINE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of VIPERINE:
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