AVADAVAT is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. AVADAVAT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AVADAVAT?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AVADAVAT is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AVADAVAT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
avadavatsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AVADAVAT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in AVADAVAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 4 | 9 |
| v | 2 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AVADAVAT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about AVADAVAT
- The letter A appears four times in AVADAVAT.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AVADAVAT mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small South Asian songbird of the waxbill family, often kept in cages.
The male avadavat is known for red plumage dotted with white in the breeding season. Its name reached English from the Indian city of Ahmedabad, where the birds were once traded.
How AVADAVAT is used
Found in bird-keeping and ornithology; the form amadavat is a variant.
- The avadavat sang from its small wicker cage.
- A male avadavat in breeding colour is a vivid red.
- Traders sold the avadavat in crowded bird markets.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AVADAVAT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AVADAVAT
1 longer words begin with AVADAVAT.
Shorter words from the letters in AVADAVAT
Common questions about AVADAVAT
- Is AVADAVAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AVADAVAT, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AVADAVAT worth?
- AVADAVAT is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AVADAVAT mean?
- A small South Asian songbird of the waxbill family, often kept in cages.
- What letters can be added to AVADAVAT?
- AVADAVAT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of AVADAVAT:
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