DIVA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DIVA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIVA?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIVA is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIVA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DIVA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DIVA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,051.
What stands out about DIVA
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DIVA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A celebrated female singer.
Diva is Italian for goddess and descends from the same ancient root as deva, by way of Latin. The sense about difficult behaviour is twentieth-century and now the commoner one.
How DIVA is used
Countable: a diva, two divas.
- A diva in the older sense simply meant a great singer.
- The word diva is Italian for goddess.
- Diva and deva share a very old root.
- The difficult-behaviour sense of diva is newer.
- Two divas were billed and only one appeared.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIVA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DIVA
The 4 tiles of DIVA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DIVA
Showing 24 of 25 words that begin with DIVA.
Words ending in DIVA
1 words end in DIVA. Useful as a back hook: play DIVA onto a word already on the board.
Words with DIVA inside
17 words contain DIVA in the middle. Words that start with DIVA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DIVA
Common questions about DIVA
- Is DIVA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIVA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIVA worth?
- DIVA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIVA mean?
- A celebrated female singer.
- What letters can be added to DIVA?
- DIVA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DIVA:
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