RAVENOUSNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. RAVENOUSNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RAVENOUSNESS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RAVENOUSNESS is to know. It scores 15 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RAVENOUSNESS
No single letter turns RAVENOUSNESS into another word.
How RAVENOUSNESS scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in RAVENOUSNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RAVENOUSNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RAVENOUSNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
Fierce, greedy hunger, or an extreme appetite for anything.
Ravenousness is hunger at its most intense, the kind that makes people eat fast and without manners. It can also describe a hunger for things other than food, such as knowledge or power.
How RAVENOUSNESS is used
Used for both physical hunger and strong appetite in a figurative sense.
- The ravenousness of the hikers was clear at dinner.
- He ate with the ravenousness of a starved wolf.
- Her ravenousness for books filled every shelf.
- The cubs showed great ravenousness after the long fast.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RAVENOUSNESS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RAVENOUSNESS
1 longer words begin with RAVENOUSNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in RAVENOUSNESS
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Common questions about RAVENOUSNESS
- Is RAVENOUSNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RAVENOUSNESS, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RAVENOUSNESS worth?
- RAVENOUSNESS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RAVENOUSNESS mean?
- Fierce, greedy hunger, or an extreme appetite for anything.
- What letters can be added to RAVENOUSNESS?
- No single letter can be added to RAVENOUSNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of RAVENOUSNESS:
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