INVOLUTE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. INVOLUTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INVOLUTE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INVOLUTE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INVOLUTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INVOLUTE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in INVOLUTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INVOLUTE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about INVOLUTE
- All 8 letters of INVOLUTE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does INVOLUTE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Curled or rolled inward at the edges, or intricately complicated.
Botanists describe an involute leaf whose margins roll toward the upper side. In geometry an involute is the curve traced by the end of a string unwound from another curve, and gear teeth often follow it.
How INVOLUTE is used
Used in botany, geometry and engineering; also as a noun and verb.
- The leaf had an involute edge that curled like a scroll.
- Engineers cut the gear teeth to an involute profile.
- The plot of the novel grew more involute with each chapter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INVOLUTE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INVOLUTE
4 longer words begin with INVOLUTE.
Shorter words from the letters in INVOLUTE
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Common questions about INVOLUTE
- Is INVOLUTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INVOLUTE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INVOLUTE worth?
- INVOLUTE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INVOLUTE mean?
- Curled or rolled inward at the edges, or intricately complicated.
- What letters can be added to INVOLUTE?
- INVOLUTE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of INVOLUTE:
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