RAVEL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. RAVEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RAVEL?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RAVEL is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RAVEL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RAVEL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in RAVEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about RAVEL
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 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 RAVEL mean in Scrabble?
verb
To become entangled or twisted together into a confused mass, or to cause threads or fibers to tangle.
Ravel is one of the odd words in English that can point in two directions at once: to ravel a sweater can mean either that its threads are coming loose and tangling, or, especially in older usage, that someone is carefully picking the threads apart to undo the knitting. Weavers and knitters used ravel for centuries to describe threads working themselves free from a woven or knitted edge. Modern English mostly favors unravel for the untangling sense, leaving ravel itself associated more often with a mess of tangled thread or plot.
How RAVEL is used
Used in everyday and literary contexts, often about fabric, thread, or a tangled situation or plot.
- The hem began to ravel after only a few washes.
- She watched the yarn ravel into a hopeless knot at the bottom of the basket.
- The plot began to ravel into confusing subplots by the third act.
- Loose threads can ravel quickly if you do not trim them.
- His explanation started clear but soon began to ravel into contradictions.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RAVEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RAVEL
The 5 tiles of RAVEL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with RAVEL
18 longer words begin with RAVEL.
Words ending in RAVEL
7 words end in RAVEL. Useful as a back hook: play RAVEL onto a word already on the board.
Words with RAVEL inside
Showing 24 of 56 words that contain RAVEL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RAVEL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RAVEL
Common questions about RAVEL
- Is RAVEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RAVEL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RAVEL worth?
- RAVEL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RAVEL mean?
- To become entangled or twisted together into a confused mass, or to cause threads or fibers to tangle.
- What letters can be added to RAVEL?
- RAVEL takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of RAVEL:
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