STARVELING is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. STARVELING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STARVELING?
| 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 STARVELING is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STARVELING
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
starvelingsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STARVELING scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in STARVELING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so STARVELING has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about STARVELING
- All 10 letters of STARVELING are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does STARVELING mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicliterary
A person or animal that is thin and weak from lack of food.
Starveling is an old, pitying word that appears in classic novels and poems. It paints a picture of someone wasted by hunger.
How STARVELING is used
Starveling is found in older literature and in deliberately old-fashioned writing.
- The starveling cat crept up to the door.
- Dickens filled his pages with starvelings of the slums.
- A starveling stood outside the baker's window.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STARVELING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STARVELING
The 10 tiles of STARVELING in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with STARVELING
1 longer words begin with STARVELING.
Shorter words from the letters in STARVELING
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Common questions about STARVELING
- Is STARVELING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STARVELING, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STARVELING worth?
- STARVELING is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STARVELING mean?
- A person or animal that is thin and weak from lack of food.
- What letters can be added to STARVELING?
- STARVELING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of STARVELING:
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