IVORY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. IVORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IVORY?
| 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 IVORY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IVORY
No single letter turns IVORY into another word.
How IVORY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in IVORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does IVORY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The hard, creamy-white material that forms the tusks of elephants and certain other animals, or the pale color resembling it.
Ivory has long been carved into ornaments, piano keys and small figures because it is dense, smooth and easy to polish, though the trade in it is now tightly restricted to protect elephants. The word also describes the soft off-white color of the material itself, used to describe anything from paint to a wedding dress.
How IVORY is used
Countable and uncountable; also common as a plain color adjective, as in an ivory gown.
- The old piano keys were made of genuine ivory.
- Poaching for ivory pushed several elephant populations toward collapse.
- She wore an ivory dress trimmed with lace.
- Carvers once shaped ivory into intricate figurines.
- The walls were painted a soft shade of ivory.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IVORY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with IVORY
5 longer words begin with IVORY.
Words ending in IVORY
3 words end in IVORY. Useful as a back hook: play IVORY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in IVORY
Common questions about IVORY
- Is IVORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IVORY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IVORY worth?
- IVORY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IVORY mean?
- The hard, creamy-white material that forms the tusks of elephants and certain other animals, or the pale color resembling it.
- What letters can be added to IVORY?
- No single letter can be added to IVORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of IVORY:
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