BIVALVE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. BIVALVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIVALVE?
| 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: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIVALVE is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIVALVE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIVALVE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BIVALVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,059 thousand.
What does BIVALVE mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A mollusc whose soft body is enclosed in a shell made of two hinged halves.
Oysters, clams, mussels and scallops all belong among the bivalve animals. A bivalve has no distinct head and usually feeds by filtering water.
How BIVALVE is used
Bivalve is used in biology, cooking and shell collecting to name the whole group rather than one species.
- Every bivalve on the menu was caught in the bay that morning.
- A bivalve closes its shell tightly when disturbed.
- The beach was littered with the empty shell of a bivalve.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIVALVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BIVALVE
2 longer words begin with BIVALVE.
Shorter words from the letters in BIVALVE
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Common questions about BIVALVE
- Is BIVALVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIVALVE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIVALVE worth?
- BIVALVE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIVALVE mean?
- A mollusc whose soft body is enclosed in a shell made of two hinged halves.
- What letters can be added to BIVALVE?
- BIVALVE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BIVALVE:
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