AIVER is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. AIVER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AIVER?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AIVER is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AIVER
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AIVER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AIVER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,455.
What does AIVER mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
An old or worn-out horse, especially a heavy workhorse or draft horse.
Aiver is a Scots dialect word for a farm or work horse, particularly one that is aged or past its best years, and has no exact single-word equivalent in standard English. It appears mainly in older Scots literature and in dialect glossaries rather than in everyday modern speech. The word is closely tied to rural, agricultural life.
How AIVER is used
Countable, dialectal noun; found chiefly in Scots literature and rural speech.
- The old aiver plodded along behind the plough.
- He led the tired aiver back to the stable at dusk.
- Few farms still kept an aiver once tractors arrived.
- The poem describes a farmer and his faithful aiver.
- An aiver stood patiently in the muddy farmyard.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AIVER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AIVER
The 5 tiles of AIVER in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AIVER
1 longer words begin with AIVER.
Words ending in AIVER
3 words end in AIVER. Useful as a back hook: play AIVER onto a word already on the board.
Words with AIVER inside
5 words contain AIVER in the middle. Words that start with AIVER are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AIVER
Common questions about AIVER
- Is AIVER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AIVER, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AIVER worth?
- AIVER is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AIVER mean?
- An old or worn-out horse, especially a heavy workhorse or draft horse.
- What letters can be added to AIVER?
- AIVER takes 4 hooks: 3 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AIVER:
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