ALVINE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ALVINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALVINE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALVINE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALVINE
No single letter turns ALVINE into another word.
How ALVINE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ALVINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,550.
What stands out about ALVINE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 5 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ALVINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medicalformal
Relating to the belly or the intestines.
Alvine comes from Latin alvus, meaning belly or bowel, and turns up chiefly in older medical writing. Physicians spoke of alvine discharges or alvine obstruction when describing complaints of the gut. Modern doctors prefer intestinal or abdominal, so the word now strikes most readers as quaint.
How ALVINE is used
Rare, formal and old-fashioned in tone; found in old medical texts and in word lists.
- The old physician noted an alvine complaint in his journal.
- Alvine troubles kept the traveller in bed for three days.
- The manual lists alvine disorders alongside fevers.
- He wrote alvine where a nurse today would say intestinal.
- An alvine obstruction was the surgeon's first fear.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALVINE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALVINE
The 6 tiles of ALVINE in a different order — 5 found.
Shorter words from the letters in ALVINE
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Common questions about ALVINE
- Is ALVINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALVINE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALVINE worth?
- ALVINE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALVINE mean?
- Relating to the belly or the intestines.
- What letters can be added to ALVINE?
- No single letter can be added to ALVINE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ALVINE:
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