LARVA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LARVA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LARVA?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LARVA is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LARVA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LARVA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LARVA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about LARVA
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LARVA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
The immature, wingless form of an insect or other animal that hatches from an egg and later changes into an adult through metamorphosis.
A larva looks and behaves quite differently from the adult it will become, and in insects such as butterflies and beetles it usually spends its time eating and growing before entering a pupal stage. The word covers similar juvenile stages in animals beyond insects, including frogs and many marine creatures. Because a larva is built for feeding rather than reproduction, it often has a completely different body shape from the mature form.
How LARVA is used
Countable noun; the plural is larvae, and the related adjective is larval.
- The caterpillar is the larva of a butterfly or moth.
- Each larva shed its skin several times as it grew.
- Gardeners found beetle larvae feeding on the roots.
- A tadpole is the larva stage of a frog.
- The aquarium raised the coral larva in a separate tank.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LARVA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LARVA
The 5 tiles of LARVA in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with LARVA
6 longer words begin with LARVA.
Shorter words from the letters in LARVA
Common questions about LARVA
- Is LARVA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LARVA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LARVA worth?
- LARVA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LARVA mean?
- The immature, wingless form of an insect or other animal that hatches from an egg and later changes into an adult through metamorphosis.
- What letters can be added to LARVA?
- LARVA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LARVA:
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