KNAVERY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. KNAVERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KNAVERY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KNAVERY is to know. It scores 17 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KNAVERY
No single letter turns KNAVERY into another word.
How KNAVERY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in KNAVERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,029 thousand.
What does KNAVERY mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
Dishonest or tricky behaviour.
Knavery points to the petty cheating of a rogue rather than a grand crime. It is a word from older English and appears in plays and novels about swindlers and servants who scheme. A touch of knavery can also mean mischievous tricks that are more playful than wicked.
How KNAVERY is used
Knavery is a literary or old-fashioned word for trickery and dishonesty.
- The innkeeper's knavery cost the travellers dearly.
- There was knavery in the way the accounts were kept.
- The play is full of comic knavery.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KNAVERY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in KNAVERY
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Common questions about KNAVERY
- Is KNAVERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KNAVERY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KNAVERY worth?
- KNAVERY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KNAVERY mean?
- Dishonest or tricky behaviour.
- What letters can be added to KNAVERY?
- No single letter can be added to KNAVERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of KNAVERY:
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