AVION is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. AVION 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 AVION?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AVION is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AVION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
avionsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AVION scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AVION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,682.
What does AVION mean in Scrabble?
noun
An aeroplane, in French.
Avion reaches English through one place above all others: the phrase par avion, printed on the blue label that told a post office to send a letter by air. The label outlived the need for it, and a great many people who have used those two words together never knew what the second one meant.
How AVION is used
Chiefly in the phrase par avion. Rarely used on its own in English.
- The envelope carried a blue par avion sticker.
- Par avion cost more and arrived a fortnight sooner.
- She still writes par avion out of habit.
- The word avion is on more English envelopes than French ones.
- A par avion label dates a letter within twenty years.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AVION and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AVION
3 longer words begin with AVION.
Shorter words from the letters in AVION
Common questions about AVION
- Is AVION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AVION, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AVION worth?
- AVION is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AVION mean?
- An aeroplane, in French.
- What letters can be added to AVION?
- AVION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AVION:
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