VOCABULAR is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. VOCABULAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VOCABULAR?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VOCABULAR is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VOCABULAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
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How VOCABULAR scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in VOCABULAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VOCABULAR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VOCABULAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Concerning words, especially their choice and form.
Vocabular is a rare adjective that links to vocabulary and phraseology. A writer might use it to talk about the range of words a speaker knows, though lexical is far more common.
How VOCABULAR is used
Found mostly in older or learned writing about language.
- The critic noted the vocabular richness of the poem.
- A vocabular study of the text revealed many borrowings.
- His vocabular range impressed the examiners.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VOCABULAR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VOCABULAR
5 longer words begin with VOCABULAR.
Shorter words from the letters in VOCABULAR
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Common questions about VOCABULAR
- Is VOCABULAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VOCABULAR, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VOCABULAR worth?
- VOCABULAR is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VOCABULAR mean?
- Concerning words, especially their choice and form.
- What letters can be added to VOCABULAR?
- VOCABULAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of VOCABULAR:
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