BIVOUAC is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BIVOUAC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIVOUAC?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIVOUAC is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIVOUAC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bivouacsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIVOUAC scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BIVOUAC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What stands out about BIVOUAC
- BIVOUAC runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BIVOUAC mean in Scrabble?
noun
A temporary camp in the open air, usually without tents.
The word suggests a rough night spent by soldiers or climbers who could not reach shelter. As a verb, to bivouac means to set up and sleep in such a camp.
How BIVOUAC is used
Bivouac is used for military halts and mountaineering camps, as both noun and verb.
- The climbers made a bivouac on a narrow ledge.
- The army set up its bivouac beside the river.
- They chose to bivouac under the stars.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIVOUAC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BIVOUAC
4 longer words begin with BIVOUAC.
Shorter words from the letters in BIVOUAC
Common questions about BIVOUAC
- Is BIVOUAC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIVOUAC, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIVOUAC worth?
- BIVOUAC is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIVOUAC mean?
- A temporary camp in the open air, usually without tents.
- What letters can be added to BIVOUAC?
- BIVOUAC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BIVOUAC:
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