AVIDITY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. AVIDITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AVIDITY?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AVIDITY is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AVIDITY
No single letter turns AVIDITY into another word.
How AVIDITY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in AVIDITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does AVIDITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
Keen eagerness or greed, or the overall strength with which an antibody binds an antigen.
In general prose avidity is intense enthusiasm, such as reading with avidity or spending with greed. Immunologists use it for the combined strength of several bonds between an antibody and its target.
How AVIDITY is used
Avidity is a formal word for eagerness and a technical one in immunology.
- She read the letters with avidity.
- The collector bought with an avidity that alarmed his friends.
- Researchers measured the avidity of the antibody.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AVIDITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AVIDITY
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Common questions about AVIDITY
- Is AVIDITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AVIDITY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AVIDITY worth?
- AVIDITY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AVIDITY mean?
- Keen eagerness or greed, or the overall strength with which an antibody binds an antigen.
- What letters can be added to AVIDITY?
- No single letter can be added to AVIDITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of AVIDITY:
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