Definitions For Subitize

Verb

subitizes , subitizing , subitized (transitive, intransitive, psychology) To judge (the number of objects in a group) rapidly, accurately and confidently without counting them. from 1949

Related terms

subitive

Translations

Dutch: subitizeren Esperanto: tujpercepti German: simultanerfassen

Alternative forms

{{alter, en, subitise, , UK}}

Etymology

{{PIE root, en, h₁ey}} From {{af, en, lang1=la, subitus, gloss1=sudden; unexpected, -ize}}, from the feeling of immediately knowing the number of items present. {{doublet, en, sudden}}.

See also

French numéron

Is Subitize a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
19
Words with Friends
21

The word Subitize is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends

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