BAVIN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. BAVIN is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BAVIN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAVIN is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAVIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bavinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAVIN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BAVIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,728.
What does BAVIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A bundle of brushwood or thin sticks, used for kindling a fire.
Bavin named cheap fuel that burned fast and hot but did not last, which is why older writers used it as an image for showy things that flare up and then fade, in contrast to a slower, steadier log fire. The word survives mainly in older English texts about hearths and kitchens.
How BAVIN is used
Now confined to older texts and historical accounts of household fuel; not part of everyday speech.
- A pile of bavin sat ready beside the hearth.
- The cook lit the oven with bavin before adding heavier logs.
- Old inventories list bavin alongside coal and turf.
- Shakespeare compared a quick, showy blaze to a bavin fire.
- Bavin caught quickly but burned out within minutes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAVIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BAVIN
3 longer words begin with BAVIN.
Shorter words from the letters in BAVIN
Common questions about BAVIN
- Is BAVIN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BAVIN is not in it.
- How many points is BAVIN worth?
- BAVIN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAVIN mean?
- A bundle of brushwood or thin sticks, used for kindling a fire.
- What letters can be added to BAVIN?
- BAVIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BAVIN:
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