CARVY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. CARVY 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 13 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept CARVY?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARVY is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARVY
No single letter turns CARVY into another word.
How CARVY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CARVY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does CARVY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
Caraway, the herb whose seeds are used as a spice, in Scottish use.
Carvy is the older Scots name for caraway, the same plant that gives caraway seed its sharp, aniseed-like flavour in bread, cheese and spirits such as kummel. The word travelled north with the plant itself and stayed in everyday Scottish speech long after standard English settled on caraway. A carvy cake or carvy bun is still a way of naming a seed cake flavoured with the same spice.
How CARVY is used
Scottish, and mainly found today in food names such as carvy cake or carvy bun.
- The old recipe called for a spoonful of carvy in the dough.
- Carvy gave the seed cake its familiar bite.
- She still calls caraway carvy the way her grandmother did.
- A carvy bun turns up at country fairs across Scotland.
- The spice rack in the farmhouse kitchen simply said carvy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARVY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CARVY
Common questions about CARVY
- Is CARVY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CARVY is not in it.
- How many points is CARVY worth?
- CARVY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARVY mean?
- Caraway, the herb whose seeds are used as a spice, in Scottish use.
- What letters can be added to CARVY?
- No single letter can be added to CARVY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CARVY:
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