VIRELAI is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. VIRELAI 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 VIRELAI?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIRELAI is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIRELAI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
virelaisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VIRELAI scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in VIRELAI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 85,774.
What does VIRELAI mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A medieval French verse form with short lines and only two rhymes, in which the rhyme of one stanza carries into the next.
The virelai flourished in fourteenth-century France and was often set to music. Poets of the period admired the form for its chain of linked rhymes. A variant spelling is virelay.
How VIRELAI is used
Used in discussions of poetry and medieval music.
- The poet wrote a virelai in praise of spring.
- A virelai repeats its refrain at the end of each stanza.
- The composer set a virelai for three voices.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIRELAI and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VIRELAI
1 longer words begin with VIRELAI.
Shorter words from the letters in VIRELAI
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Common questions about VIRELAI
- Is VIRELAI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIRELAI, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIRELAI worth?
- VIRELAI is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIRELAI mean?
- A medieval French verse form with short lines and only two rhymes, in which the rhyme of one stanza carries into the next.
- What letters can be added to VIRELAI?
- VIRELAI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of VIRELAI:
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