FOVEA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FOVEA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FOVEA?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOVEA is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOVEA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FOVEA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FOVEA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does FOVEA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalzoology
A small depression or pit in a surface, especially the shallow pit near the centre of the retina where vision is sharpest.
In anatomy, the fovea is a tiny hollow at the centre of the retina, packed with light-sensing cone cells that give the eye its sharpest, most detailed vision. Whenever a person looks directly at something, the eye turns so that the image falls on the fovea rather than on the surrounding retina, which sees more coarsely. The same word is used more broadly in biology and anatomy for any small pit or depression on the surface of a bone or organ, not only in the eye. Because central vision depends so heavily on it, damage to the fovea can seriously affect a reader's ability to make out fine detail.
How FOVEA is used
Technical, used in anatomy, ophthalmology and biology rather than in everyday speech.
- Light from the object she stared at fell directly on the fovea.
- The scan showed early damage near the fovea.
- Cone cells are densely packed within the fovea.
- The textbook diagram marked the fovea as a shallow pit in the retina.
- Anatomists also use fovea for small depressions found on certain bones.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOVEA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FOVEA
5 longer words begin with FOVEA.
Shorter words from the letters in FOVEA
Common questions about FOVEA
- Is FOVEA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOVEA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOVEA worth?
- FOVEA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOVEA mean?
- A small depression or pit in a surface, especially the shallow pit near the centre of the retina where vision is sharpest.
- What letters can be added to FOVEA?
- FOVEA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FOVEA:
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