RAVENOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. RAVENOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RAVENOUS?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RAVENOUS is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RAVENOUS
No single letter turns RAVENOUS into another word.
How RAVENOUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in RAVENOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RAVENOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about RAVENOUS
- All 8 letters of RAVENOUS are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does RAVENOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Extremely hungry, or greedily eager for something.
Ravenous is stronger than simply hungry. It is used for people and animals after long effort, and also for appetite in a wider sense, such as a ravenous curiosity. Its older sense of predatory greed still shows in wolves and vultures.
How RAVENOUS is used
Everyday adjective for intense hunger or craving.
- After the long hike we were ravenous.
- The ravenous wolves circled the camp.
- She had a ravenous appetite for new books.
- A ravenous crowd attacked the buffet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RAVENOUS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RAVENOUS
3 longer words begin with RAVENOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in RAVENOUS
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Common questions about RAVENOUS
- Is RAVENOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RAVENOUS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RAVENOUS worth?
- RAVENOUS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RAVENOUS mean?
- Extremely hungry, or greedily eager for something.
- What letters can be added to RAVENOUS?
- No single letter can be added to RAVENOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of RAVENOUS:
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