SPIVVISH is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. SPIVVISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPIVVISH?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPIVVISH is to know. It scores 19 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPIVVISH
No single letter turns SPIVVISH into another word.
How SPIVVISH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SPIVVISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| v | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SPIVVISH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SPIVVISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Britishinformal
Looking or behaving like a flashy small-time crook who lives by shady dealings.
A spiv was a flashily dressed black-market trader in postwar Britain. Someone spivvish has the loud suit, the pencil moustache and the slippery patter. The word is mildly mocking.
How SPIVVISH is used
Spivvish is a British informal adjective for dodgy, flashy types.
- He wore a spivvish pinstripe suit and a thin moustache.
- The salesman had a spivvish grin.
- There was something spivvish about the way he counted the notes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPIVVISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SPIVVISH
Common questions about SPIVVISH
- Is SPIVVISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPIVVISH, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPIVVISH worth?
- SPIVVISH is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPIVVISH mean?
- Looking or behaving like a flashy small-time crook who lives by shady dealings.
- What letters can be added to SPIVVISH?
- No single letter can be added to SPIVVISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SPIVVISH:
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