SHAVIE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SHAVIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHAVIE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHAVIE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHAVIE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
shaviesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHAVIE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SHAVIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does SHAVIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A trick or prank played on someone.
Shavie is a Scots word for a bit of mischief, usually a harmless trick played on a friend or neighbour. It appears in dialect poetry and in the speech of country people more than in standard English. A person who plays one is said, in the older phrase, to have played a shavie on somebody.
How SHAVIE is used
Scots; found in dialect verse and older rural speech.
- The boys planned a shavie on the new schoolmaster.
- It was only a shavie, but the whole village laughed.
- He played a shavie on his sister by hiding her shoes.
- Nobody could prove who had played the shavie at the fair.
- The old man still chuckled at the shavie of fifty years ago.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHAVIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHAVIE
1 longer words begin with SHAVIE.
Shorter words from the letters in SHAVIE
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Common questions about SHAVIE
- Is SHAVIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHAVIE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHAVIE worth?
- SHAVIE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHAVIE mean?
- A trick or prank played on someone.
- What letters can be added to SHAVIE?
- SHAVIE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHAVIE:
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