CERVID is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CERVID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CERVID?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CERVID is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CERVID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cervidsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CERVID scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CERVID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does CERVID mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
Any member of the deer family, a group of hoofed mammals in which the males usually grow antlers.
Cervid is the zoologist's term for an animal of the family Cervidae, which covers red deer, moose, elk, caribou and many others. Unlike the horns of cattle, a cervid's antlers are bony and shed every year. The word comes from the Latin for a stag, and it is common in wildlife management and hunting regulations.
How CERVID is used
Scientific and wildlife-management vocabulary.
- The moose is the largest living cervid.
- Each cervid in the herd had shed its antlers by spring.
- Wildlife officers counted every cervid crossing the valley.
- A cervid can often be told from a bovid by its branching antlers.
- The study followed one cervid across the northern forest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CERVID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CERVID
1 longer words begin with CERVID.
Shorter words from the letters in CERVID
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Common questions about CERVID
- Is CERVID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CERVID, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CERVID worth?
- CERVID is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CERVID mean?
- Any member of the deer family, a group of hoofed mammals in which the males usually grow antlers.
- What letters can be added to CERVID?
- CERVID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CERVID:
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