BIVVY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 16 points
It depends on the list you play by. BIVVY 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 16 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept BIVVY?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIVVY is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIVVY
No single letter turns BIVVY into another word.
How BIVVY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BIVVY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,091 thousand.
What stands out about BIVVY
- The letters of BIVVY run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BIVVY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
A small, lightweight tent or shelter used for camping outdoors.
Bivvy is a shortened, informal form of bivouac. It names the compact, minimal shelter that climbers, hikers, and soldiers use when a full tent would be too heavy or too slow to pitch.
How BIVVY is used
Informal, common in British outdoor, hiking, and military speech.
- The climbers pitched a bivvy just below the summit.
- He zipped himself into the bivvy to escape the rain.
- A single bivvy was enough shelter for the overnight hike.
- They packed a compact bivvy instead of a full tent.
- The soldiers set up a bivvy for a few hours of rest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIVVY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BIVVY
1 longer words begin with BIVVY.
Shorter words from the letters in BIVVY
Common questions about BIVVY
- Is BIVVY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIVVY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIVVY worth?
- BIVVY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIVVY mean?
- A small, lightweight tent or shelter used for camping outdoors.
- What letters can be added to BIVVY?
- No single letter can be added to BIVVY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BIVVY:
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