VISCOUNTY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. VISCOUNTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VISCOUNTY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VISCOUNTY is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VISCOUNTY
No single letter turns VISCOUNTY into another word.
How VISCOUNTY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in VISCOUNTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VISCOUNTY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about VISCOUNTY
- All 9 letters of VISCOUNTY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does VISCOUNTY mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalrare
The rank or office of a viscount, or the territory he governed.
A viscounty sat in the peerage below an earl and above a baron, and the word could also mean the land attached to the title. It is far less common than viscountcy and appears mainly in older texts.
How VISCOUNTY is used
Rare and historical; viscountcy is the usual form.
- The king granted him the viscounty for his loyal service.
- The viscounty passed to his eldest son.
- Maps of the old viscounty show a few small villages.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VISCOUNTY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in VISCOUNTY
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Common questions about VISCOUNTY
- Is VISCOUNTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VISCOUNTY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VISCOUNTY worth?
- VISCOUNTY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VISCOUNTY mean?
- The rank or office of a viscount, or the territory he governed.
- What letters can be added to VISCOUNTY?
- No single letter can be added to VISCOUNTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of VISCOUNTY:
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