PEAVY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PEAVY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PEAVY?
| 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 PEAVY is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PEAVY
No single letter turns PEAVY into another word.
How PEAVY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PEAVY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does PEAVY mean in Scrabble?
noun
North Americantechnical
A long wooden lever fitted with a hook and a metal spike, used by loggers to roll and move heavy logs.
A peavy lets a single worker turn or shift a log that would otherwise need several people to move by hand, since the spike bites into the wood while the hinged hook grips from the other side for leverage. Loggers in North America relied on the peavy through the era of river log drives, using it to break up jams and steer floating timber. The tool is closely related to the cant hook, differing mainly in the sharp spike at its end rather than a simple foot. The name peavy comes from Joseph Peavey, the Maine blacksmith credited with improving the design in the nineteenth century.
How PEAVY is used
A specialist logging tool, most familiar from historical accounts of North American timber work.
- The logger drove the peavy into the trunk and rolled it clear of the pile.
- A rusted peavy hung on the wall of the old logging museum.
- He used the peavy to break up the jam of floating logs.
- The peavy needed both hands and a strong back to swing properly.
- She learned to handle a peavy during her summer at the timber camp.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PEAVY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PEAVY
Common questions about PEAVY
- Is PEAVY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PEAVY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PEAVY worth?
- PEAVY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PEAVY mean?
- A long wooden lever fitted with a hook and a metal spike, used by loggers to roll and move heavy logs.
- What letters can be added to PEAVY?
- No single letter can be added to PEAVY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PEAVY:
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