SHRIEVALTY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. SHRIEVALTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHRIEVALTY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHRIEVALTY is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHRIEVALTY
No single letter turns SHRIEVALTY into another word.
How SHRIEVALTY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SHRIEVALTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SHRIEVALTY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SHRIEVALTY
- All 10 letters of SHRIEVALTY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SHRIEVALTY mean in Scrabble?
noun
legalhistorical
The office, term of office or district of a sheriff.
Shrievalty is the formal word for what a sheriff holds, and it can mean the position, how long it lasts or the area covered. In England it still names the annual post of High Sheriff of a county.
How SHRIEVALTY is used
Formal and historical, used in legal and county-history writing.
- He held the shrievalty of the county for one year.
- The shrievalty passed to a local landowner.
- Records of the shrievalty go back to the Middle Ages.
- Her appointment to the shrievalty was announced in March.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHRIEVALTY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SHRIEVALTY
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Common questions about SHRIEVALTY
- Is SHRIEVALTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHRIEVALTY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHRIEVALTY worth?
- SHRIEVALTY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHRIEVALTY mean?
- The office, term of office or district of a sheriff.
- What letters can be added to SHRIEVALTY?
- No single letter can be added to SHRIEVALTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SHRIEVALTY:
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