SOVIET is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SOVIET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SOVIET?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOVIET is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOVIET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sovietsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOVIET scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SOVIET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 28,744.
What does SOVIET mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An elected council of workers, soldiers or peasants, forming a unit of government in Russia and later the Soviet Union.
The word soviet is Russian for council. The first soviets sprang up during the 1905 and 1917 revolutions as local bodies of workers and soldiers, and after 1917 they became the official organs of government at every level, up to the Supreme Soviet. As an adjective, usually capitalised, it describes the state or things belonging to it.
How SOVIET is used
Historical term; capitalised when it names the state or things of that state.
- The factory workers elected a soviet to speak for them.
- Each city had its own soviet in the months after the revolution.
- A delegate from the soviet addressed the crowd in the square.
- The village soviet met weekly to settle local disputes.
- Historians study how the soviet gained power in 1917.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOVIET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SOVIET
22 longer words begin with SOVIET.
Shorter words from the letters in SOVIET
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Common questions about SOVIET
- Is SOVIET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOVIET, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOVIET worth?
- SOVIET is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOVIET mean?
- An elected council of workers, soldiers or peasants, forming a unit of government in Russia and later the Soviet Union.
- What letters can be added to SOVIET?
- SOVIET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SOVIET:
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