COVARIATION is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. COVARIATION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COVARIATION?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COVARIATION is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COVARIATION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
covariationsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COVARIATION scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in COVARIATION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COVARIATION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COVARIATION mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A tendency for two or more quantities to change together in a related way.
Researchers look for covariation when they ask whether, say, rainfall and crop yield rise and fall in step. Covariation on its own does not prove that one thing causes the other.
How COVARIATION is used
Covariation is a statistical term used in science, psychology and data analysis.
- The study found a clear covariation between hours of sleep and test scores.
- Plotting the data revealed a strong covariation of the two measurements.
- Covariation alone cannot tell us which factor drives the other.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COVARIATION and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COVARIATION
1 longer words begin with COVARIATION.
Shorter words from the letters in COVARIATION
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Common questions about COVARIATION
- Is COVARIATION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COVARIATION, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COVARIATION worth?
- COVARIATION is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COVARIATION mean?
- A tendency for two or more quantities to change together in a related way.
- What letters can be added to COVARIATION?
- COVARIATION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of COVARIATION:
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