DEMIVOLT is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. DEMIVOLT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEMIVOLT?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEMIVOLT is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEMIVOLT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEMIVOLT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DEMIVOLT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DEMIVOLT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DEMIVOLT
- All 8 letters of DEMIVOLT are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DEMIVOLT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A half turn performed by a trained horse, with the forelegs raised.
The demivolt is one of the classical movements of the riding school, in which the horse rears briefly and pivots on its hind legs. You will meet demivolt in manuals on dressage and in old fencing and riding treatises.
How DEMIVOLT is used
Used in classical horsemanship and in historical writing on riding.
- The stallion performed a perfect demivolt before the crowd.
- A demivolt requires great balance from the rider.
- The old manual describes the demivolt in careful detail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEMIVOLT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DEMIVOLT
3 longer words begin with DEMIVOLT.
Shorter words from the letters in DEMIVOLT
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Common questions about DEMIVOLT
- Is DEMIVOLT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEMIVOLT, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEMIVOLT worth?
- DEMIVOLT is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEMIVOLT mean?
- A half turn performed by a trained horse, with the forelegs raised.
- What letters can be added to DEMIVOLT?
- DEMIVOLT takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DEMIVOLT:
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