GIVENS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GIVENS 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 GIVENS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GIVENS is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GIVENS
No single letter turns GIVENS into another word.
How GIVENS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GIVENS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does GIVENS mean in Scrabble?
noun
Facts accepted as true at the start, without being argued for.
A given is what an argument stands on rather than what it defends, and the plural is where the interesting trouble lives: two sides can reason faultlessly and reach opposite conclusions because their givens differ. Mathematics states them openly and everyday argument almost never does.
How GIVENS is used
Plural of given. Common in the phrase the givens of a situation.
- The two sides differ in their givens, not in their logic.
- List the givens before anybody starts arguing.
- Half the givens in that report are assumptions.
- Changing one of the givens changes everything after it.
- Nobody examines the givens until the answer looks wrong.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GIVENS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about GIVENS
- Is GIVENS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GIVENS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GIVENS worth?
- GIVENS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GIVENS mean?
- Facts accepted as true at the start, without being argued for.
- What letters can be added to GIVENS?
- No single letter can be added to GIVENS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GIVENS:
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