VIVIFY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. VIVIFY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VIVIFY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIVIFY is to know. It scores 18 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIVIFY
No single letter turns VIVIFY into another word.
How VIVIFY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in VIVIFY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 2 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,278 thousand.
What does VIVIFY mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To give life or energy to something.
To vivify is to make a thing livelier, more vivid or more interesting. Writers use it of dull scenes, tired ideas and dry landscapes that come back to life.
How VIVIFY is used
Formal and somewhat literary.
- A burst of color helped vivify the plain wall.
- The rain served to vivify the parched fields.
- Good details vivify a story.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIVIFY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VIVIFY
1 longer words begin with VIVIFY.
Shorter words from the letters in VIVIFY
Common questions about VIVIFY
- Is VIVIFY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIVIFY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIVIFY worth?
- VIVIFY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIVIFY mean?
- To give life or energy to something.
- What letters can be added to VIVIFY?
- No single letter can be added to VIVIFY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of VIVIFY:
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