AVIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. AVIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AVIAN?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AVIAN is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AVIAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
aviansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AVIAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AVIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What does AVIAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Relating to birds, or characteristic of birds.
Avian is the word scientists and vets reach for whenever a general term is needed instead of naming one species: an avian skeleton, an avian nest, an avian disease. It comes from the Latin avis, bird, and outside specialist writing most people meet it in the compound avian flu, a strain of influenza that spreads mainly among wild and domestic birds. The word rarely appears alone in casual speech, where people simply say bird instead.
How AVIAN is used
Mostly technical, placed before a noun -- avian species, avian behaviour. Common in the compound avian flu.
- The vet specialised in avian medicine and treated mostly parrots.
- Researchers tracked avian migration patterns across three continents.
- An outbreak of avian flu forced the farm to cull its flock.
- The museum displayed skeletons showing avian and mammalian bone structure side by side.
- Birdwatchers kept a careful log of every avian visitor to the garden.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AVIAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AVIAN
9 longer words begin with AVIAN.
Words ending in AVIAN
2 words end in AVIAN. Useful as a back hook: play AVIAN onto a word already on the board.
Words with AVIAN inside
1 words contain AVIAN in the middle. Words that start with AVIAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AVIAN
Common questions about AVIAN
- Is AVIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AVIAN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AVIAN worth?
- AVIAN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AVIAN mean?
- Relating to birds, or characteristic of birds.
- What letters can be added to AVIAN?
- AVIAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AVIAN:
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