VIRGINALIST is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. VIRGINALIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VIRGINALIST?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIRGINALIST is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIRGINALIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
virginalistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VIRGINALIST scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in VIRGINALIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VIRGINALIST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VIRGINALIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A musician who plays the virginal, an early keyboard instrument.
The virginal was a small plucked keyboard popular in Tudor England, and composers such as Byrd and Gibbons wrote for it. A virginalist was therefore a key figure of that period's domestic music.
How VIRGINALIST is used
Used in music history for players and composers of virginal music.
- William Byrd was a celebrated virginalist.
- The virginalist bent over the small keyboard.
- Each virginalist of the period had a personal style.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIRGINALIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VIRGINALIST
1 longer words begin with VIRGINALIST.
Shorter words from the letters in VIRGINALIST
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Common questions about VIRGINALIST
- Is VIRGINALIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIRGINALIST, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIRGINALIST worth?
- VIRGINALIST is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIRGINALIST mean?
- A musician who plays the virginal, an early keyboard instrument.
- What letters can be added to VIRGINALIST?
- VIRGINALIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of VIRGINALIST:
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