MAVIS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MAVIS 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 MAVIS?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAVIS is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAVIS
No single letter turns MAVIS into another word.
How MAVIS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MAVIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does MAVIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
literarypoetic
A song thrush, a European songbird known for its melodious call.
Mavis is an old literary and Scots name for the song thrush, and poets once reached for it as a lyrical alternative to the plainer word thrush. It often appeared alongside merle, an equally old name for the blackbird, in verse describing woodland birdsong. Modern nature writing rarely uses mavis, so the word now survives mostly in older poetry, hymns, and as the personal name Mavis.
How MAVIS is used
Literary and poetic register; ordinary prose about birds normally says thrush instead of mavis.
- The poet compared her singing voice to the call of a mavis at dawn.
- A mavis nested each spring in the old hedge behind the cottage.
- Old ballads often mention the mavis alongside the blackbird.
- He wrote that the mavis sang sweeter than any nightingale.
- The garden was loud with the song of a mavis at first light.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAVIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MAVIS
1 longer words begin with MAVIS.
Shorter words from the letters in MAVIS
Common questions about MAVIS
- Is MAVIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAVIS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAVIS worth?
- MAVIS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAVIS mean?
- A song thrush, a European songbird known for its melodious call.
- What letters can be added to MAVIS?
- No single letter can be added to MAVIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MAVIS:
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