WAKERIFE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. WAKERIFE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WAKERIFE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WAKERIFE is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WAKERIFE
No single letter turns WAKERIFE into another word.
How WAKERIFE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in WAKERIFE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WAKERIFE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WAKERIFE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scotsdialect
A Scots word for someone who lies awake at night or stays on the alert when others are asleep.
Wakerife is an old Scots and northern English word used of someone lying awake or keeping a careful lookout. It is rare outside dialect writing and poetry.
How WAKERIFE is used
Found in Scottish dialect and older literature.
- The mother lay wakerife all night beside the sick child.
- He was a wakerife guard who never dozed.
- The wakerife old man heard every sound in the house.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WAKERIFE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in WAKERIFE
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Common questions about WAKERIFE
- Is WAKERIFE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WAKERIFE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WAKERIFE worth?
- WAKERIFE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WAKERIFE mean?
- A Scots word for someone who lies awake at night or stays on the alert when others are asleep.
- What letters can be added to WAKERIFE?
- No single letter can be added to WAKERIFE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of WAKERIFE:
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