PERVY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PERVY 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 PERVY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PERVY is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PERVY
No single letter turns PERVY into another word.
How PERVY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PERVY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does PERVY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Sexually perverted or creepily lecherous; used of behaviour seen as inappropriate.
Pervy is a casual shortening of pervert or perverted, used to label behaviour that feels unwanted, leering or sexually inappropriate rather than to make a clinical judgement. People apply pervy loosely to anything from an odd stare to an intrusive comment, so its force depends heavily on tone and context. The word carries a dismissive, slightly mocking edge rather than a formal accusation, which is why pervy appears mainly in casual speech rather than in serious or official writing. It follows the common pattern of adding -y to a shortened base word to form a breezy adjective.
How PERVY is used
Informal and mildly disapproving; used to describe behaviour seen as creepy or sexually inappropriate.
- She thought the comment he made was more than a little pervy.
- The film was criticised for its pervy camera angles.
- He gave her a pervy grin that made everyone uncomfortable.
- They called the character pervy for the way he watched his neighbours.
- It felt pervy the way the ad lingered on the actors.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PERVY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PERVY
Common questions about PERVY
- Is PERVY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PERVY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PERVY worth?
- PERVY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PERVY mean?
- Sexually perverted or creepily lecherous; used of behaviour seen as inappropriate.
- What letters can be added to PERVY?
- No single letter can be added to PERVY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PERVY:
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