Scrabble & Words with friends points
        
        
                    - petrifies is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 14
 
          
                    - petrifies is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 14
 
          
                    - petrifies is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 15
 
          
        
        Definition of petrifies
        
        
          - change into stone (verb)
Synonyms
- lapidify
 
 - make rigid and set into a conventional pattern (verb)
Examples
- slogans petrify our thinking
 
Synonyms
- ossify
 - rigidify
 
 - cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright (verb)
         
        See definition of petrifies in Merriam Webster