RAVELMENT is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. RAVELMENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RAVELMENT?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RAVELMENT is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RAVELMENT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ravelmentsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RAVELMENT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in RAVELMENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RAVELMENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RAVELMENT mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A tangled state of threads or affairs that is hard to sort out.
Ravelment suggests knots that have built up gradually, whether in yarn or in a complicated situation. It is far less common than its everyday cousin, so writers pick ravelment when they want an old-fashioned, textile flavour.
How RAVELMENT is used
Ravelment is rare and mostly literary, applied to knotted thread or to a confusing tangle of events.
- She spent an hour picking at the ravelment of wool in the basket.
- The novel ends in a ravelment of lies that nobody can undo.
- The ravelment of the plot made the film hard to follow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RAVELMENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RAVELMENT
1 longer words begin with RAVELMENT.
Shorter words from the letters in RAVELMENT
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Common questions about RAVELMENT
- Is RAVELMENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RAVELMENT, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RAVELMENT worth?
- RAVELMENT is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RAVELMENT mean?
- A tangled state of threads or affairs that is hard to sort out.
- What letters can be added to RAVELMENT?
- RAVELMENT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of RAVELMENT:
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