DAVY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. DAVY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DAVY?
| 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 DAVY is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DAVY
No single letter turns DAVY into another word.
How DAVY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DAVY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does DAVY mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A miner's safety lamp.
The davy is named after Humphry Davy, who designed it in 1815 so a flame could burn without setting off gas. He refused to patent it, which cost him a fortune and saved a great many lives.
How DAVY is used
Countable: a davy, two davys. Historical.
- A davy burns behind gauze so the flame cannot spread.
- The word davy comes from the inventor's surname.
- He refused to patent the davy and lost a fortune.
- Two davys hung at the pit bottom for inspection.
- The davy was designed in 1815.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DAVY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DAVY
Common questions about DAVY
- Is DAVY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DAVY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DAVY worth?
- DAVY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DAVY mean?
- A miner's safety lamp.
- What letters can be added to DAVY?
- No single letter can be added to DAVY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DAVY:
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