SYVER is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. SYVER is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SYVER?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SYVER is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SYVER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
syversChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SYVER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SYVER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does SYVER mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
A street drain, or the grating that covers such a drain, in Scots usage.
A syver sits at the edge of a road or close, carrying away rainwater and waste through an iron grating set into the paving. The word belongs to everyday Scots rather than standard English, and speakers south of the border would more likely say drain or gutter for the same fitting. Older Scottish towns still have syvers marked on maps of their drainage, and the spelling siver appears alongside it in older texts.
How SYVER is used
Scots dialect, used mainly in older or regional descriptions of street drainage rather than in standard everyday English.
- Rain gurgled down through the syver at the corner of the close.
- A blocked syver left a puddle across the whole lane.
- The old plan of the town marked every syver along the main street.
- Children used to drop sticks into the syver to watch them vanish.
- The council sent a worker to clear the syver after the storm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SYVER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SYVER
1 longer words begin with SYVER.
Shorter words from the letters in SYVER
Common questions about SYVER
- Is SYVER valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SYVER is not in it.
- How many points is SYVER worth?
- SYVER is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SYVER mean?
- A street drain, or the grating that covers such a drain, in Scots usage.
- What letters can be added to SYVER?
- SYVER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SYVER:
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