RENVOI is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. RENVOI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RENVOI?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RENVOI is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RENVOI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
renvoisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RENVOI scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RENVOI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,162.
What does RENVOI mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
The sending of a legal dispute back to the law of another country, or the expulsion of a foreigner by a government.
In private international law, renvoi arises when a court applies the rules about conflicting laws of another country and those rules point back, or onward, to a different legal system. Judges have to decide where such a chain should stop. The word is borrowed straight from French, where it simply means a sending back.
How RENVOI is used
A technical word of law courses and court judgments; rare in everyday speech.
- The judge declined to accept renvoi and applied the domestic law of the foreign country.
- A student essay on renvoi traced how two legal systems could keep pointing at each other.
- The doctrine of renvoi is one of the most debated puzzles in the conflict of laws.
- Under the old treaty, the renvoi of an unwelcome visitor needed an official order.
- Counsel argued that renvoi should not apply to a question of inheritance.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RENVOI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RENVOI
The 6 tiles of RENVOI in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with RENVOI
1 longer words begin with RENVOI.
Shorter words from the letters in RENVOI
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Common questions about RENVOI
- Is RENVOI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RENVOI, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RENVOI worth?
- RENVOI is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RENVOI mean?
- The sending of a legal dispute back to the law of another country, or the expulsion of a foreigner by a government.
- What letters can be added to RENVOI?
- RENVOI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RENVOI:
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