VIZIRATE is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. VIZIRATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VIZIRATE?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIZIRATE is to know. It scores 20 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIZIRATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
viziratesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VIZIRATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in VIZIRATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VIZIRATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VIZIRATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
The office or position of a vizir, a high minister in a Muslim state.
A vizirate gave its holder wide power under the ruler, sometimes more than the ruler himself. The word is met in histories of the caliphates and of the Ottoman world. It can also stand for the period during which one man held that post.
How VIZIRATE is used
Appears in history books about Muslim states and their courts.
- He rose to the vizirate at the age of forty.
- The vizirate passed from father to son for three generations.
- Under his vizirate the treasury was reformed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIZIRATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VIZIRATE
1 longer words begin with VIZIRATE.
Shorter words from the letters in VIZIRATE
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Common questions about VIZIRATE
- Is VIZIRATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIZIRATE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIZIRATE worth?
- VIZIRATE is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIZIRATE mean?
- The office or position of a vizir, a high minister in a Muslim state.
- What letters can be added to VIZIRATE?
- VIZIRATE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of VIZIRATE:
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