SELVA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SELVA 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 SELVA?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SELVA is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SELVA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
selvasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SELVA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SELVA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What stands out about SELVA
- The same 5 tiles also spell 8 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SELVA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A dense tropical rainforest, especially the vast forest of the Amazon Basin.
Selva comes from a Spanish and Portuguese word for forest and is used in English mainly to describe the thick, humid rainforest that spans much of the Amazon Basin in South America. Geographers and biologists use selva to distinguish this dense, closed-canopy forest from drier woodland or savanna found elsewhere on the continent. The selva supports an enormous range of plant and animal life, layered from the forest floor up through several canopy levels. Because of its size and biodiversity, the selva is often discussed in studies of climate and conservation.
How SELVA is used
Used mainly in geography, ecology, and writing about South America's rainforests.
- Researchers spent months studying wildlife deep in the selva.
- The river cut a narrow path through the dense selva.
- Maps of South America often label the vast selva of the Amazon Basin.
- Rain fell almost daily over the humid selva.
- The documentary followed a guide through the selva's thick undergrowth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SELVA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SELVA
The 5 tiles of SELVA in a different order — 8 found.
Words starting with SELVA
7 longer words begin with SELVA.
Shorter words from the letters in SELVA
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Common questions about SELVA
- Is SELVA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SELVA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SELVA worth?
- SELVA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SELVA mean?
- A dense tropical rainforest, especially the vast forest of the Amazon Basin.
- What letters can be added to SELVA?
- SELVA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SELVA:
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