NIVAL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. NIVAL 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 NIVAL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NIVAL is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NIVAL
No single letter turns NIVAL into another word.
How NIVAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NIVAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What stands out about NIVAL
- 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 NIVAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to snow; growing, living, or occurring in or under snow.
Nival describes plants, animals, and landscapes shaped by the presence of snow for much of the year, such as alpine meadows that stay buried under a snowpack for many months. Ecologists use a nival regime to describe rivers whose flow depends mainly on melting snow rather than rainfall, peaking sharply in spring. Botanists likewise apply nival to hardy plants that flower right at the edge of retreating snowbanks in high mountains. The word comes from the Latin nix, meaning snow, the same root that gives English the related terms nivation and niveous.
How NIVAL is used
Technical term used mainly in ecology, hydrology, and botany.
- The nival zone supports only the hardiest alpine plants.
- Scientists studied the river's nival flow pattern through spring.
- A nival meadow blooms briefly once the snow retreats.
- The region's climate is classified as strongly nival.
- Nival conditions limit the growing season to a few short weeks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NIVAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NIVAL
The 5 tiles of NIVAL in a different order — 2 found.
Words ending in NIVAL
2 words end in NIVAL. Useful as a back hook: play NIVAL onto a word already on the board.
Words with NIVAL inside
13 words contain NIVAL in the middle. Words that start with NIVAL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NIVAL
Common questions about NIVAL
- Is NIVAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NIVAL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NIVAL worth?
- NIVAL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NIVAL mean?
- Relating to snow; growing, living, or occurring in or under snow.
- What letters can be added to NIVAL?
- No single letter can be added to NIVAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NIVAL:
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