Is CIVILISES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CIVILISES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CIVILISES mean?
Civilises is a form of CIVILISE.
- verb
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
“Cultivate your musical taste”
- verb
raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
“The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 9
C (3) + I (1) + V (4) + I (1) + L (1) + I (1) + S (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 14 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for CIVILISES
CIVILISES has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None. Nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None. Nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from CIVILISES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- civilise13
- silvics12
- civies11
- clevis11
- civie10
- civil10
- vices10
- vice9
- ceilis8
- slices8
- evils8
- ivies8
- levis8
- lives8
- veils8
- vises8
- vleis8
- ceili7
- ceils7
- sices7
- slice7
- evil7
- levs7
- live7
- sevs7
- veil7
- vies7
- vile7
- vise7
- vlei7
- ceil6
- cels6
- cess6
- ices6
- lice6
- secs6
- sice6
- sics6
- lev6
- sev6
- vie6
- vis6
- isles5
- issei5
- cel5
- cis5
- ice5
- sec5
- sic5
- isle4
- leis4
- less4
- lies4
- seis4
- sels4
- els3
- ess3
- lei3
- lie3
- lis3
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