ROVEN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ROVEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROVEN?
| 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 ROVEN is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROVEN
Front hooks — 1
provenBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ROVEN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ROVEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,892.
What does ROVEN mean in Scrabble?
verb
nauticalarchaic
To thread a rope through a hole, ring, or pulley block; the past participle of the verb reeve.
Roven is the old past-participle form of reeve, a sailing term for passing a rope through an opening such as a ring or the sheave of a block so it can run freely. Modern sailing more often uses reeved for the same idea, so roven now appears mainly in older nautical manuals and glossaries.
How ROVEN is used
Found in older nautical writing rather than everyday or modern sailing usage.
- The line had been roven through the block days before.
- Once the rope was roven, the crew hauled it taut.
- A new cable was roven through the pulley after the storm.
- The manual explained how each halyard should be roven.
- By evening every rope on the mast had been roven correctly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROVEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in ROVEN
5 words end in ROVEN. Useful as a back hook: play ROVEN onto a word already on the board.
Words with ROVEN inside
15 words contain ROVEN in the middle. Words that start with ROVEN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ROVEN
Common questions about ROVEN
- Is ROVEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROVEN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROVEN worth?
- ROVEN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROVEN mean?
- To thread a rope through a hole, ring, or pulley block; the past participle of the verb reeve.
- What letters can be added to ROVEN?
- ROVEN takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ROVEN:
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