SUBOVAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SUBOVAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUBOVAL?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUBOVAL is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUBOVAL
No single letter turns SUBOVAL into another word.
How SUBOVAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SUBOVAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 868,466.
What does SUBOVAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Nearly oval in shape, but not quite.
Suboval is a descriptive term from natural history, used when a leaf, shell or seed is almost but not perfectly oval. It shows how closely botanists and zoologists record small differences in shape.
How SUBOVAL is used
Suboval is a technical word in plant and animal descriptions.
- The leaves are suboval with a faint point at the tip.
- It has a suboval shell, slightly flattened on one side.
- The seeds are small and suboval.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUBOVAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SUBOVAL
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Common questions about SUBOVAL
- Is SUBOVAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUBOVAL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUBOVAL worth?
- SUBOVAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUBOVAL mean?
- Nearly oval in shape, but not quite.
- What letters can be added to SUBOVAL?
- No single letter can be added to SUBOVAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SUBOVAL:
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