VIRESCENT is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. VIRESCENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VIRESCENT?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIRESCENT is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIRESCENT
No single letter turns VIRESCENT into another word.
How VIRESCENT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in VIRESCENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VIRESCENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VIRESCENT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Turning green or slightly green in colour.
Virescent suggests a process, such as leaves coming into spring growth or a bruise taking on a greenish tint. Poets like it for light and water, and scientists use it for tissue that gains chlorophyll.
How VIRESCENT is used
Virescent is a literary and scientific word for greening.
- The virescent hills promised an early spring.
- A virescent glow filled the pond at dusk.
- The virescent bruise had begun to heal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIRESCENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in VIRESCENT
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Common questions about VIRESCENT
- Is VIRESCENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIRESCENT, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIRESCENT worth?
- VIRESCENT is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIRESCENT mean?
- Turning green or slightly green in colour.
- What letters can be added to VIRESCENT?
- No single letter can be added to VIRESCENT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of VIRESCENT:
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