CARVEL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CARVEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARVEL?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARVEL is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARVEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
carvelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARVEL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CARVEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What stands out about CARVEL
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CARVEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
nauticalhistorical
An old name for a caravel, a small fast sailing ship of Spain and Portugal, and a word for a boat whose planks meet edge to edge.
Explorers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries sailed in such ships, and Columbus is the most famous of them. In boatbuilding the same word survives in carvel-built, describing a hull with smooth planking laid flush over a frame, as opposed to clinker-built, where the planks overlap. The form carvel is an older spelling, and caravel is the usual modern one.
How CARVEL is used
Rare, mainly nautical or historical; usually seen in the compound carvel-built.
- The Portuguese carvel slipped quietly out of the harbour at dawn.
- A carvel with three masts crossed the unknown sea.
- The yard builds each boat in the carvel manner, with smooth planking.
- Old chronicles describe a carvel lost in a storm off the coast.
- He sketched a carvel from the pictures in a museum book.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARVEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CARVEL
The 6 tiles of CARVEL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CARVEL
1 longer words begin with CARVEL.
Shorter words from the letters in CARVEL
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Common questions about CARVEL
- Is CARVEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARVEL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARVEL worth?
- CARVEL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARVEL mean?
- An old name for a caravel, a small fast sailing ship of Spain and Portugal, and a word for a boat whose planks meet edge to edge.
- What letters can be added to CARVEL?
- CARVEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CARVEL:
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