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Is valise a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word valise is a Scrabble US word. The word valise is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

V4A1L1I1S1E1

Is valise a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word valise is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

V4A1L1I1S1E1

Is valise a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word valise is a Words With Friends word. The word valise is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

V5A1L2I1S1E1

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6-letter words (2 found)

SILVAE,VALISE,

5-letter words (23 found)

AISLE,ALIVE,AVELS,AVISE,EVILS,LAVES,LEVAS,LEVIS,LIVES,SALVE,SELVA,SILVA,SLAVE,SLIVE,VAILS,VALES,VALIS,VALSE,VEALS,VEILS,VIALS,VLEIS,VLIES,

4-letter words (41 found)

AILS,ALES,AVEL,AVES,EVIL,ILEA,ISLE,LASE,LAVE,LAVS,LEAS,LEIS,LEVA,LEVS,LIAS,LIES,LIVE,SAIL,SALE,SAVE,SEAL,SEIL,SIAL,SILE,SLAE,VAES,VAIL,VALE,VALI,VASE,VEAL,VEIL,VELA,VIAE,VIAL,VIAS,VIES,VILE,VISA,VISE,VLEI,

3-letter words (28 found)

AIL,AIS,ALE,ALS,AVE,EAS,ELS,LAS,LAV,LEA,LEI,LES,LEV,LIE,LIS,SAE,SAI,SAL,SAV,SEA,SEI,SEL,SEV,VAE,VAS,VIA,VIE,VIS,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AI,AL,AS,EA,EL,ES,IS,LA,LI,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 106 words from valise according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of valise

valise

Etymology

Borrowed from French valise.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vəˈliːz/
  • Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

valise (plural valises)

  1. A piece of hand luggage such as a suitcase or travelling bag.

Derived terms

  • busted valise
  • broken-down valise

Translations

Anagrams

  • Aviles, Avilés, Leivas, Savile, aviles, lavies

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French valise, from Medieval Latin valesia, valixia, from Late Latin valisia, possibly from Gaulish *valisia (“leather bag”), from Proto-Celtic *val- (“to enclose, surround”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH-. Or, possibly from Arabic وَلِيهَة (walīha, “large bag”).

Maybe a borrowing through Italian valigia, even though this is dubious. Compare Spanish valija.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /va.liz/
  • Homophones: valisent, valises

Noun

valise f (plural valises)

  1. case, suitcase

Derived terms

  • dévaliser
  • faire sa valise
  • faire ses valises
  • mot-valise
  • poser ses valises

Descendants

  • → Belarusian: валі́за (valíza)
  • → Khmer: វ៉ាលីស៍ (vaalii)
  • → Dutch: valies
  • → Polish: waliza
  • → Romanian: valiză
  • → Turkish: valiz
  • → Ukrainian: валі́за (valíza)
  • → Vietnamese: va li
  • → Yiddish: וואַליזע (valize)

Further reading

  • “valise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • levais, salive, salivé

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • valisa

Etymology

Borrowed from French valise.

Pronunciation

Noun

valise f (plural valises)

  1. a small suitcase
    Synonym: maleta

Source: wiktionary.org