AVOCATION is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. AVOCATION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AVOCATION?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AVOCATION is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AVOCATION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
avocationsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AVOCATION scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in AVOCATION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AVOCATION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AVOCATION mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
A pastime or minor activity pursued for pleasure beside a main job.
Writers often set an avocation against a vocation: the first is what you love doing in spare hours, the second is your real career. People mistakenly use it for the main profession, which is the reverse of its usual meaning today.
How AVOCATION is used
Used in fairly formal writing, often together with the word vocation for contrast.
- Birdwatching was his avocation, while accountancy paid the bills.
- She turned her avocation of pottery into a small business.
- For a lawyer, gardening is a pleasant avocation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AVOCATION and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AVOCATION
3 longer words begin with AVOCATION.
Shorter words from the letters in AVOCATION
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Common questions about AVOCATION
- Is AVOCATION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AVOCATION, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AVOCATION worth?
- AVOCATION is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AVOCATION mean?
- A pastime or minor activity pursued for pleasure beside a main job.
- What letters can be added to AVOCATION?
- AVOCATION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of AVOCATION:
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