LAV is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. LAV is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAV?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAV is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAV
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAV scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in LAV, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does LAV mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
A lavatory, in casual British speech.
Lav and loo compete and the other one has won by a distance: this form sounds older and slightly more genteel, which is the opposite of what a clipping usually does to a word. It belongs to the middle of the twentieth century.
How LAV is used
Countable: a lav, two lavs. Chiefly British.
- The lav is through the kitchen and out the back.
- A lav in the yard was ordinary within living memory.
- He said lav and dated himself by thirty years.
- Two lavs for a building of that size is not enough.
- The word lav sounds more genteel than the one that beat it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAV and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LAV
Showing 24 of 79 words that begin with LAV.
Words ending in LAV
1 words end in LAV. Useful as a back hook: play LAV onto a word already on the board.
Words with LAV inside
Showing 24 of 246 words that contain LAV somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LAV are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LAV
Common questions about LAV
- Is LAV valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAV, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAV worth?
- LAV is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAV mean?
- A lavatory, in casual British speech.
- What letters can be added to LAV?
- LAV takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of LAV:
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