CREVALLE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CREVALLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CREVALLE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CREVALLE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CREVALLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
crevallesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CREVALLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CREVALLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CREVALLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CREVALLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A silvery marine food and game fish of the jack family found in the western Atlantic.
Anglers prize the crevalle for its strong, stubborn fight on the line. It belongs with the jacks, so its relatives include several other fast-swimming ocean fish.
How CREVALLE is used
Used chiefly in fishing talk along the American coast, often in the name crevalle jack.
- He hooked a heavy crevalle just beyond the sandbar.
- The charter captain promised a crevalle run in the late summer.
- A crevalle is better as sport than as supper, some anglers say.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CREVALLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CREVALLE
1 longer words begin with CREVALLE.
Shorter words from the letters in CREVALLE
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Common questions about CREVALLE
- Is CREVALLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CREVALLE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CREVALLE worth?
- CREVALLE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CREVALLE mean?
- A silvery marine food and game fish of the jack family found in the western Atlantic.
- What letters can be added to CREVALLE?
- CREVALLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CREVALLE:
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