ENVIRO is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ENVIRO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ENVIRO?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ENVIRO is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENVIRO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ENVIRO scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ENVIRO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,162.
What does ENVIRO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An informal word for a person who campaigns for the protection of the natural world.
Enviro is a clipped form of environmentalist, shortened in the casual way that English clips many long nouns. Depending on the speaker, it can be friendly shorthand or a mildly teasing label for someone seen as very keen on green causes. It is found in conversation and newspaper headlines rather than in careful formal prose.
How ENVIRO is used
Informal; mainly Australian and British usage, often in headlines and chat.
- A group of local enviro campaigners blocked the road to the quarry.
- The enviro in our office never lets anyone throw out a bottle.
- Every enviro in town turned up to the tree-planting day.
- He joked that being an enviro meant carrying a reusable cup everywhere.
- The mining company met with an enviro delegation on Monday.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENVIRO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ENVIRO
The 6 tiles of ENVIRO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ENVIRO
11 longer words begin with ENVIRO.
Shorter words from the letters in ENVIRO
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Common questions about ENVIRO
- Is ENVIRO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENVIRO, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENVIRO worth?
- ENVIRO is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENVIRO mean?
- An informal word for a person who campaigns for the protection of the natural world.
- What letters can be added to ENVIRO?
- ENVIRO takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ENVIRO:
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