LAVVY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. LAVVY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 14 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept LAVVY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAVVY is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAVVY
No single letter turns LAVVY into another word.
How LAVVY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LAVVY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,046 thousand.
What does LAVVY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishinformal
A toilet or lavatory.
Lavvy is simply a shortened, homely form of lavatory, and speakers in Britain use it the way many use loo, as a casual word for the bathroom. It carries no technical meaning beyond the everyday fixture itself. The word turns up mostly in relaxed conversation rather than in formal or written English.
How LAVVY is used
Informal British usage; rarely appears in formal writing.
- He asked where the lavvy was as soon as he arrived.
- The old house had an outside lavvy at the bottom of the garden.
- She joked that the lavvy door never shut properly.
- They queued outside the single lavvy at the campsite.
- Mind the step going into the lavvy, he warned.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAVVY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LAVVY
Common questions about LAVVY
- Is LAVVY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and LAVVY is not in it.
- How many points is LAVVY worth?
- LAVVY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAVVY mean?
- A toilet or lavatory.
- What letters can be added to LAVVY?
- No single letter can be added to LAVVY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LAVVY:
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