NAVEL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. NAVEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NAVEL?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NAVEL is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NAVEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
navelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NAVEL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NAVEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about NAVEL
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 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 NAVEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
The small, usually indented scar in the middle of the abdomen where the umbilical cord was attached before birth; also, a rounded, seedless variety of orange with a navel-like formation at its base.
Every placental mammal, humans included, carries a navel as a permanent scar marking the point where the umbilical cord once fed nutrients from mother to offspring before birth. Doctors sometimes call it the umbilicus, but navel remains by far the more common everyday word, and slang shortens it further to belly button. An entirely different navel gives its name to the navel orange, a seedless variety recognised by the small secondary fruit embedded at its base that resembles a human navel. The idiomatic phrase navel-gazing borrows the body part to criticise excessive, self-absorbed introspection that ignores the wider world.
How NAVEL is used
Very common in everyday speech for the belly button, and equally familiar from the navel orange sold in grocery stores worldwide.
- The baby's navel healed within a couple of weeks.
- She wore a shirt that showed her navel.
- He peeled a navel orange for breakfast.
- Critics accused the memoir of pure navel-gazing.
- The doctor checked the newborn's navel during the exam.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NAVEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NAVEL
The 5 tiles of NAVEL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with NAVEL
3 longer words begin with NAVEL.
Shorter words from the letters in NAVEL
Common questions about NAVEL
- Is NAVEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NAVEL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NAVEL worth?
- NAVEL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NAVEL mean?
- The small, usually indented scar in the middle of the abdomen where the umbilical cord was attached before birth; also, a rounded, seedless variety of orange with a navel-like formation at its base.
- What letters can be added to NAVEL?
- NAVEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NAVEL:
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