VULGARIZE is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. VULGARIZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 26 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VULGARIZE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VULGARIZE is to know. It scores 22 from 9 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VULGARIZE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VULGARIZE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in VULGARIZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VULGARIZE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about VULGARIZE
- All 9 letters of VULGARIZE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does VULGARIZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To make something coarse, cheap or less refined, or to spread it among the common public.
Critics say that advertising can vulgarize beautiful music by using it to sell products, stripping away its dignity. A second, older sense of vulgarize is neutral and means to make a difficult subject understandable to ordinary people.
How VULGARIZE is used
Used in cultural criticism; the British spelling is vulgarise.
- Mass tourism can vulgarize a quiet old town.
- The film was accused of trying to vulgarize the novel.
- Some writers vulgarize science to reach a wide audience.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VULGARIZE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VULGARIZE
4 longer words begin with VULGARIZE.
Shorter words from the letters in VULGARIZE
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Common questions about VULGARIZE
- Is VULGARIZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VULGARIZE, where it scores 26 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VULGARIZE worth?
- VULGARIZE is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VULGARIZE mean?
- To make something coarse, cheap or less refined, or to spread it among the common public.
- What letters can be added to VULGARIZE?
- VULGARIZE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of VULGARIZE:
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