NAVIGABLE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. NAVIGABLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NAVIGABLE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NAVIGABLE is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NAVIGABLE
No single letter turns NAVIGABLE into another word.
How NAVIGABLE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in NAVIGABLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NAVIGABLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NAVIGABLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Wide and deep enough for ships or boats to pass safely, or easy to find a way through.
Navigable first described rivers and canals that carry traffic, and the legal status of such waters can matter in disputes. Today it also describes websites, buildings and city streets that are simple to move around in. The opposite, unnavigable, is rarely heard.
How NAVIGABLE is used
Navigable is used for waterways and, in modern writing, for websites, maps and interfaces.
- The river is navigable for forty miles inland.
- Designers wanted the website to be easily navigable.
- Storms left the channel barely navigable.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NAVIGABLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NAVIGABLE
2 longer words begin with NAVIGABLE.
Shorter words from the letters in NAVIGABLE
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Common questions about NAVIGABLE
- Is NAVIGABLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NAVIGABLE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NAVIGABLE worth?
- NAVIGABLE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NAVIGABLE mean?
- Wide and deep enough for ships or boats to pass safely, or easy to find a way through.
- What letters can be added to NAVIGABLE?
- No single letter can be added to NAVIGABLE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of NAVIGABLE:
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