ELVER is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ELVER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ELVER?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ELVER is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ELVER
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ELVER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ELVER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 23,765.
What stands out about ELVER
- The same 5 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 ELVER mean in Scrabble?
noun
A young eel, especially one migrating from the sea into rivers and streams as it matures.
An elver hatches far out at sea and drifts for months before reaching coastal waters, where it changes shape and pushes upstream into fresh water to grow. Fishermen in parts of Europe and North America net elver in large numbers during the spring migration, since the young fish fetch high prices for both food and eel farming. Once an elver settles into a river, it can spend years there before eventually returning to the sea to breed.
How ELVER is used
Used mainly in contexts about eel biology, fishing, and river ecology.
- Fishermen waited by the river to catch elver at night.
- The young elver swam upstream with the rising tide.
- Prices for elver rose sharply during the spring run.
- Scientists tagged each elver before releasing it upstream.
- A single elver can travel hundreds of miles from the sea.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ELVER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ELVER
The 5 tiles of ELVER in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ELVER
1 longer words begin with ELVER.
Words ending in ELVER
2 words end in ELVER. Useful as a back hook: play ELVER onto a word already on the board.
Words with ELVER inside
4 words contain ELVER in the middle. Words that start with ELVER are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ELVER
Common questions about ELVER
- Is ELVER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ELVER, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ELVER worth?
- ELVER is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ELVER mean?
- A young eel, especially one migrating from the sea into rivers and streams as it matures.
- What letters can be added to ELVER?
- ELVER takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ELVER:
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