VIRAGO is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. VIRAGO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VIRAGO?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIRAGO is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIRAGO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
viragosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VIRAGO scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in VIRAGO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What does VIRAGO mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A woman of great strength and fighting spirit, or, more often now, a loud and domineering woman.
The word comes from the Latin for a manlike woman, and in older writing a virago could be a heroic female warrior, which was praise. In current English it is mostly a harsh label for a woman who bullies or scolds, so careful writers use it with caution. Its plural is viragos, or less often viragoes.
How VIRAGO is used
Mostly literary or deliberately old-fashioned; today it usually carries a negative tone.
- The novel describes the landlady as a virago who ruled the whole street.
- In the old epic the heroine appears as a virago, armoured and unafraid.
- No virago could have shouted louder than she did that day.
- He called his aunt a virago, though she had only raised her voice once.
- Critics argued over whether the virago in the play was a villain or a hero.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIRAGO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VIRAGO
3 longer words begin with VIRAGO.
Shorter words from the letters in VIRAGO
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Common questions about VIRAGO
- Is VIRAGO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIRAGO, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIRAGO worth?
- VIRAGO is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIRAGO mean?
- A woman of great strength and fighting spirit, or, more often now, a loud and domineering woman.
- What letters can be added to VIRAGO?
- VIRAGO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of VIRAGO:
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