PAVID is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PAVID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PAVID?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PAVID is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PAVID
No single letter turns PAVID into another word.
How PAVID scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PAVID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does PAVID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rareliterary
Timid or fearful; easily frightened.
Pavid comes from the Latin pavidus, meaning trembling with fear, and it belongs to the same family as the word pavor and the English impavid, meaning fearless. Writers reach for pavid when they want a single formal word for timidity rather than a longer phrase, though it is rare enough that many readers will not recognise it immediately. Its opposite, impavid, meaning unafraid, is encountered slightly more often in literary prose. The word survives mainly in older or deliberately formal writing rather than ordinary speech.
How PAVID is used
Rare and literary; unlikely to appear in everyday conversation but occasionally used for stylistic effect.
- The pavid clerk refused to speak against his employer.
- A pavid glance told her everything she needed to know.
- He described himself, half joking, as a pavid traveller.
- The pavid recruit lagged behind the rest of the platoon.
- Her pavid manner made the interview painfully slow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PAVID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PAVID
The 5 tiles of PAVID in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in PAVID
1 words end in PAVID. Useful as a back hook: play PAVID onto a word already on the board.
Words with PAVID inside
1 words contain PAVID in the middle. Words that start with PAVID are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PAVID
Common questions about PAVID
- Is PAVID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PAVID, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PAVID worth?
- PAVID is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PAVID mean?
- Timid or fearful; easily frightened.
- What letters can be added to PAVID?
- No single letter can be added to PAVID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PAVID:
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