EVERT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. EVERT 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 EVERT?
| 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 EVERT is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EVERT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EVERT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in EVERT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 15,843.
What does EVERT mean in Scrabble?
verb
technicalmedical
To turn something inside out or outward, especially in anatomy and surgery, as with an eyelid or a section of tissue.
A doctor might evert a patient's eyelid to examine the inner surface for a foreign object or sign of infection, gently folding it outward and away from the eye. Surgeons also evert tissue or a blood vessel during certain procedures, turning it inside out to expose or reshape the inner layer. Outside medicine, evert appears occasionally in general technical writing for any process that folds or rolls a surface outward rather than inward.
How EVERT is used
Chiefly technical and medical, common in descriptions of eye examinations and surgical procedures.
- The nurse gently everted the eyelid to check for debris.
- Surgeons had to evert the vessel before completing the graft.
- The doctor showed students how to evert an eyelid safely.
- Pressure from the swelling caused the tissue to evert slightly.
- The manual explains how to evert the lid during examination.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EVERT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EVERT
The 5 tiles of EVERT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with EVERT
5 longer words begin with EVERT.
Words ending in EVERT
4 words end in EVERT. Useful as a back hook: play EVERT onto a word already on the board.
Words with EVERT inside
17 words contain EVERT in the middle. Words that start with EVERT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EVERT
Common questions about EVERT
- Is EVERT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EVERT, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EVERT worth?
- EVERT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EVERT mean?
- To turn something inside out or outward, especially in anatomy and surgery, as with an eyelid or a section of tissue.
- What letters can be added to EVERT?
- EVERT takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of EVERT:
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