REV is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. REV is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept REV?
| 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 REV is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REV
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How REV scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in REV, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does REV mean in Scrabble?
noun
A revolution of an engine.
Rev is a clipping that became a verb and then a phrase: revving up now means preparing for anything at all. The noun is nearly always plural in use — an engine has revs rather than a rev — which is unusual for a word of this kind.
How REV is used
Countable, usually plural: revs. Also a verb.
- The revs dropped and the engine stalled.
- He revved it in the yard at seven in the morning.
- A rev counter is standard on anything sold since 1980.
- The whole team was revved up and lost in an hour.
- Two thousand revs is where that gearbox is happiest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REV and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with REV
Showing 24 of 462 words that begin with REV.
Words ending in REV
2 words end in REV. Useful as a back hook: play REV onto a word already on the board.
Words with REV inside
Showing 24 of 279 words that contain REV somewhere in the middle. Words that start with REV are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in REV
Common questions about REV
- Is REV valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REV, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REV worth?
- REV is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REV mean?
- A revolution of an engine.
- What letters can be added to REV?
- REV takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of REV:
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