ADVEW is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. ADVEW is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ADVEW?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADVEW is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADVEW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
advewsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ADVEW scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ADVEW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does ADVEW mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To look at or observe something closely, especially before deciding how to act.
Advew comes from the same root as modern view and survives chiefly in Edmund Spenser and a handful of other Renaissance writers who liked its old-fashioned sound. A character might advew a distant tower or a strange creature before moving, so the word usually marks a pause for careful looking rather than a quick glance. Standard English long ago settled on view and observe, leaving advew as a curiosity for readers of older poetry.
How ADVEW is used
Found almost only in Renaissance literary English; a modern writer would use view or observe instead.
- The traveller paused on the hill to advew the valley below.
- She would advew each stranger carefully before speaking a word.
- The poem has the watchman advew the horizon for approaching ships.
- He climbed the tower simply to advew the land beyond the river.
- The old story lets its knight advew the monster from a safe distance first.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADVEW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ADVEW
The 5 tiles of ADVEW in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ADVEW
3 longer words begin with ADVEW.
Shorter words from the letters in ADVEW
Common questions about ADVEW
- Is ADVEW valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ADVEW is not in it.
- How many points is ADVEW worth?
- ADVEW is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADVEW mean?
- To look at or observe something closely, especially before deciding how to act.
- What letters can be added to ADVEW?
- ADVEW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ADVEW:
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