AVATAR is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. AVATAR 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 AVATAR?
| 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 AVATAR 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 AVATAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
avatarsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AVATAR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AVATAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 197,099.
What does AVATAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
The bodily form in which a Hindu deity appears on earth, or a figure that stands in for a person in a game or online space.
The word avatar was borrowed from Sanskrit, where it describes the descent of a god, above all the descents of Vishnu into human or animal shape. English writers soon stretched it to mean any striking embodiment of an idea or a type of person. In the computer age it gained its best known meaning, the small picture or character that represents a user in a game, forum or chat. All the senses keep the notion of something unseen taking visible form.
How AVATAR is used
The religious sense is capitalised in some writing; the computing sense is now the most common one.
- The devotees believe each avatar of Vishnu arrived to restore order.
- She picked a fox as her avatar for the forum.
- The critic called the young actor the avatar of a new generation.
- Players can change the clothes on their avatar between rounds.
- He saw the founder as the living avatar of the company spirit.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AVATAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AVATAR
1 longer words begin with AVATAR.
Shorter words from the letters in AVATAR
Common questions about AVATAR
- Is AVATAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AVATAR, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AVATAR worth?
- AVATAR is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AVATAR mean?
- The bodily form in which a Hindu deity appears on earth, or a figure that stands in for a person in a game or online space.
- What letters can be added to AVATAR?
- AVATAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AVATAR:
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