SAVAGERY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SAVAGERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAVAGERY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAVAGERY is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAVAGERY
No single letter turns SAVAGERY into another word.
How SAVAGERY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SAVAGERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SAVAGERY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SAVAGERY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Extreme and brutal cruelty or violence.
Savagery suggests violence without pity, whether in a battle, a storm or an attack by an animal. Historians sometimes also used it of an imagined uncivilised state, a use that is now widely rejected as prejudiced.
How SAVAGERY is used
Savagery is used for brutal acts and fierce behaviour.
- The savagery of the attack shocked the whole town.
- Reports described the savagery of the civil war.
- The storm struck the coast with sudden savagery.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAVAGERY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SAVAGERY
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Common questions about SAVAGERY
- Is SAVAGERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAVAGERY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAVAGERY worth?
- SAVAGERY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAVAGERY mean?
- Extreme and brutal cruelty or violence.
- What letters can be added to SAVAGERY?
- No single letter can be added to SAVAGERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SAVAGERY:
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