PLUVIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PLUVIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLUVIAN?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLUVIAN is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLUVIAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pluviansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PLUVIAN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PLUVIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does PLUVIAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small African wading bird, better known as the crocodile bird, that picks food from around crocodiles.
The pluvian is famous in nature stories for cleaning the teeth of basking crocodiles without being harmed. Older books also use the word as an adjective meaning rainy, but the bird is the sense most readers meet today.
How PLUVIAN is used
Pluvian turns up mostly in bird guides and old natural-history writing.
- The pluvian walked calmly along the riverbank beside the crocodile.
- Travellers wrote about the pluvian as a tiny guard of the Nile.
- A pluvian was spotted on the sandbar at dawn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLUVIAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PLUVIAN
1 longer words begin with PLUVIAN.
Shorter words from the letters in PLUVIAN
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Common questions about PLUVIAN
- Is PLUVIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLUVIAN, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLUVIAN worth?
- PLUVIAN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLUVIAN mean?
- A small African wading bird, better known as the crocodile bird, that picks food from around crocodiles.
- What letters can be added to PLUVIAN?
- PLUVIAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PLUVIAN:
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