PAVER is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PAVER 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 PAVER?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PAVER is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PAVER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
paversChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PAVER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PAVER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What stands out about PAVER
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 PAVER mean in Scrabble?
noun
A flat stone, brick, or concrete block used to surface a path, patio, or driveway.
A paver is normally the individual block itself, laid edge to edge over a bed of sand or gravel to build a patio, path or driveway without pouring one continuous slab of concrete. The same word can also name the machine that spreads and compacts asphalt on a road, and less commonly the person who lays paving by hand. All three senses share the same root as the verb pave.
How PAVER is used
Countable: a paver, several pavers. Common in gardening and construction contexts.
- They laid a hundred pavers to finish the patio.
- Each paver was set an inch apart to let rain drain through.
- A paver rolled slowly down the new stretch of road.
- The old pavers had cracked after years of frost.
- He chose grey concrete pavers to match the house.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PAVER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PAVER
The 5 tiles of PAVER in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with PAVER
1 longer words begin with PAVER.
Words ending in PAVER
1 words end in PAVER. Useful as a back hook: play PAVER onto a word already on the board.
Words with PAVER inside
5 words contain PAVER in the middle. Words that start with PAVER are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PAVER
Common questions about PAVER
- Is PAVER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PAVER, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PAVER worth?
- PAVER is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PAVER mean?
- A flat stone, brick, or concrete block used to surface a path, patio, or driveway.
- What letters can be added to PAVER?
- PAVER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PAVER:
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