CIVIL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CIVIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CIVIL?
| 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 CIVIL is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CIVIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
civilsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CIVIL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CIVIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does CIVIL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Relating to ordinary citizens and civic life rather than to the military or the church, or, more generally, polite and courteous in manner.
Civil contrasts with military in phrases like civil aviation or civil defence, and with criminal in law, where a civil case concerns disputes between private parties rather than crimes against the state. In everyday use the same word describes behaviour that is merely polite rather than warm, as when people who dislike each other remain civil to avoid open conflict. Both senses of civil share the underlying idea of citizens interacting within a shared, orderly society.
How CIVIL is used
Very common; used in legal, administrative and everyday contexts, often simply to mean politely restrained rather than genuinely friendly.
- The dispute was settled in civil court rather than criminal court.
- The civil engineers designed the new bridge across the river.
- They remained civil to each other despite the disagreement.
- After the storm, civil aviation slowly resumed.
- Please try to stay civil during the meeting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CIVIL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CIVIL
Showing 24 of 40 words that begin with CIVIL.
Words ending in CIVIL
3 words end in CIVIL. Useful as a back hook: play CIVIL onto a word already on the board.
Words with CIVIL inside
Showing 24 of 36 words that contain CIVIL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CIVIL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CIVIL
Common questions about CIVIL
- Is CIVIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CIVIL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CIVIL worth?
- CIVIL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CIVIL mean?
- Relating to ordinary citizens and civic life rather than to the military or the church, or, more generally, polite and courteous in manner.
- What letters can be added to CIVIL?
- CIVIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CIVIL:
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