SURVIVANCE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. SURVIVANCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SURVIVANCE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SURVIVANCE is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SURVIVANCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
survivancesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SURVIVANCE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SURVIVANCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| v | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SURVIVANCE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SURVIVANCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The act or fact of surviving, and in law the right to take over after another holder has gone.
Rare in everyday speech, survivance turns up in legal writing about succession and in modern writing on Native cultures. In that second sense it stresses living, active presence and self-expression rather than mere endurance.
How SURVIVANCE is used
Found mostly in legal history and in academic writing about indigenous storytelling.
- The deed granted the son survivance of the office after his father's death.
- Her essay treats survivance as a creative act, not a passive one.
- Scholars cite survivance when they describe stories that keep a community present.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SURVIVANCE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SURVIVANCE
1 longer words begin with SURVIVANCE.
Shorter words from the letters in SURVIVANCE
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Common questions about SURVIVANCE
- Is SURVIVANCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SURVIVANCE, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SURVIVANCE worth?
- SURVIVANCE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SURVIVANCE mean?
- The act or fact of surviving, and in law the right to take over after another holder has gone.
- What letters can be added to SURVIVANCE?
- SURVIVANCE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SURVIVANCE:
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