ERVIL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ERVIL 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 ERVIL?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ERVIL is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ERVIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ervilsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ERVIL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ERVIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about ERVIL
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 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 ERVIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A leguminous plant related to vetch, formerly grown widely as fodder for livestock and known too by the name bitter vetch.
Farmers once sowed ervil in fields across the Mediterranean and parts of Asia because it grew easily on poor soil and provided cheap feed for animals. The seeds of ervil taste bitter and can be mildly toxic to humans and some livestock if eaten in quantity without proper preparation, which limited its use mainly to animal fodder rather than human food. Modern agriculture relies far less on ervil than it once did, though the plant still appears in older botanical and farming texts under this name.
How ERVIL is used
Chiefly botanical and historical, referring to an older fodder crop rather than a plant grown widely today.
- The old farming manual recommended ervil for poor, dry soil.
- Livestock were fed dried ervil through the winter months.
- Botanists classify ervil as a close relative of the common vetch.
- Fields of ervil once covered large parts of the valley.
- The seeds of ervil require careful preparation before feeding animals.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ERVIL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ERVIL
The 5 tiles of ERVIL in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with ERVIL
1 longer words begin with ERVIL.
Words ending in ERVIL
1 words end in ERVIL. Useful as a back hook: play ERVIL onto a word already on the board.
Words with ERVIL inside
12 words contain ERVIL in the middle. Words that start with ERVIL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ERVIL
Common questions about ERVIL
- Is ERVIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ERVIL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ERVIL worth?
- ERVIL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ERVIL mean?
- A leguminous plant related to vetch, formerly grown widely as fodder for livestock and known too by the name bitter vetch.
- What letters can be added to ERVIL?
- ERVIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ERVIL:
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