WEIZE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 17 points
It depends on the list you play by. WEIZE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 17 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept WEIZE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WEIZE is to know. It scores 17 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WEIZE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WEIZE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WEIZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 63,373.
What does WEIZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicScots
To guide or direct someone or something in a particular direction.
Weize appears in older Scots writing where a shepherd might weize a flock toward a gate, or a speaker might weize a conversation onto safer ground. Related to the archaic verb wise, it describes steering something gently rather than forcing it.
How WEIZE is used
Archaic Scots usage; found in dialect glossaries and older regional writing rather than modern speech.
- The shepherd would weize the sheep along the narrow path.
- She tried to weize the talk away from politics.
- Old records show farmers who would weize cattle toward the byre.
- He learned to weize the boat gently into harbour.
- The guide seemed to weize us without a single spoken word.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WEIZE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WEIZE
2 longer words begin with WEIZE.
Shorter words from the letters in WEIZE
Common questions about WEIZE
- Is WEIZE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and WEIZE is not in it.
- How many points is WEIZE worth?
- WEIZE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WEIZE mean?
- To guide or direct someone or something in a particular direction.
- What letters can be added to WEIZE?
- WEIZE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WEIZE:
Open WEIZE in the Word Finder