GAVIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GAVIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GAVIAL?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAVIAL is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAVIAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gavialsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GAVIAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GAVIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does GAVIAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A large fish-eating crocodilian of northern India with a very long, thin snout.
The gavial lives in the great rivers of the Indian subcontinent and catches fish by sweeping its slender jaws sideways through the water. Adult males grow a rounded knob on the tip of the snout. The animal is critically endangered, and the spelling gharial is now more common in nature writing.
How GAVIAL is used
Zoological; the spelling gharial is the one most often used in modern conservation reports.
- A gavial basked on the sandbank with its jaws wide open.
- The gavial snaps up fish with a quick sideways sweep of its snout.
- Visitors to the river sanctuary hoped to see a gavial.
- Unlike the alligator, the gavial has a snout as narrow as a pencil.
- The male gavial has a bump on the end of its nose.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAVIAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GAVIAL
2 longer words begin with GAVIAL.
Shorter words from the letters in GAVIAL
Common questions about GAVIAL
- Is GAVIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAVIAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAVIAL worth?
- GAVIAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAVIAL mean?
- A large fish-eating crocodilian of northern India with a very long, thin snout.
- What letters can be added to GAVIAL?
- GAVIAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GAVIAL:
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