AVENGE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. AVENGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AVENGE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AVENGE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AVENGE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AVENGE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AVENGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 55,745.
What does AVENGE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To punish someone for a wrong done to another person, or to take revenge on that person's behalf.
Avenge is usually used on behalf of someone else, a victim or a family, and so differs from revenge, which tends to be personal. The word carries a sense of justice served and appears often in stories about duty to the wronged. It comes through Old French from Latin vindicare, the source of vindicate.
How AVENGE is used
Fairly formal and dramatic; common in fiction, history and news about retaliation.
- He swore to avenge his brother.
- The hero sets out to avenge the village.
- Nothing could avenge the loss of the old library.
- She tried to avenge the insult with a sharp reply.
- They hoped to avenge last year's defeat in the final.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AVENGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AVENGE
The 6 tiles of AVENGE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AVENGE
9 longer words begin with AVENGE.
Shorter words from the letters in AVENGE
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Common questions about AVENGE
- Is AVENGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AVENGE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AVENGE worth?
- AVENGE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AVENGE mean?
- To punish someone for a wrong done to another person, or to take revenge on that person's behalf.
- What letters can be added to AVENGE?
- AVENGE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AVENGE:
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