VIRE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. VIRE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept VIRE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIRE is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIRE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VIRE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in VIRE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What stands out about VIRE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does VIRE mean in Scrabble?
verb
Britishtechnical
To transfer money from one bank account to another.
Vire comes from the French virement, a bank transfer, and entered British financial and accounting language for moving funds between accounts, especially within an organisation's own budget. It is common in administrative and accounting contexts across Britain and parts of Europe, describing a formal internal transfer rather than an everyday payment.
How VIRE is used
Used in British financial, accounting, and administrative contexts rather than everyday banking speech.
- The department decided to vire funds from training into equipment.
- She asked the finance office to vire the remaining budget before April.
- They had to vire money between accounts to cover the shortfall.
- The council can vire small sums without further approval.
- He forgot to vire the grant money before the deadline passed.
- The charity chose to vire part of its reserve into the new project.
- Accountants often vire unspent funds at the end of the financial year.
- The committee voted to vire the surplus into next year's budget.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIRE and 8 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Where else you’ll see VIRE
- The word comes from the French virement, meaning a transfer of funds.
- Vire is mainly used in British public-sector and accounting language for internal budget transfers.
Anagrams of VIRE
The 4 tiles of VIRE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with VIRE
21 longer words begin with VIRE.
Shorter words from the letters in VIRE
Common questions about VIRE
- Is VIRE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and VIRE is not in it.
- How many points is VIRE worth?
- VIRE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIRE mean?
- To transfer money from one bank account to another.
- What letters can be added to VIRE?
- VIRE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of VIRE:
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