MAVIE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MAVIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAVIE?
| 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 MAVIE is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAVIE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
maviesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAVIE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MAVIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What does MAVIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectpoetic
The song thrush, a small European bird known for its loud, repeated song; also spelled mavis.
A mavie is the same bird that most modern writers call the song thrush, prized for a distinctive song in which each phrase is repeated two or three times before it changes. The spelling mavie appears alongside the more common mavis in older and dialect writing, particularly in Scots and English poetry describing birdsong. Poets have long favored the word for its softer sound compared with the plainer, more ordinary-sounding song thrush.
How MAVIE is used
Dialect and poetic; found mainly in older verse and regional speech rather than modern ornithology.
- A mavie sang loudly from the top of the hedge.
- The poem describes a mavie calling at first light.
- Villagers knew spring had come when the mavie began to sing.
- He listened for the mavie's clear, repeated notes each morning.
- The old ballad speaks of a mavie singing in the orchard.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAVIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MAVIE
1 longer words begin with MAVIE.
Shorter words from the letters in MAVIE
Common questions about MAVIE
- Is MAVIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAVIE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAVIE worth?
- MAVIE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAVIE mean?
- The song thrush, a small European bird known for its loud, repeated song; also spelled mavis.
- What letters can be added to MAVIE?
- MAVIE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MAVIE:
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