TAVA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. TAVA 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 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept TAVA?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAVA is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAVA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TAVA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TAVA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does TAVA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian English
A flat, round griddle used in South Asian cooking, chiefly for flatbreads.
The tava sits directly over a flame and heats fast, which suits dough that needs only a minute or two on each side. Cooks judge one by weight and by how evenly it holds heat across the whole surface, since a warped tava scorches at the edges before the centre is done.
How TAVA is used
Countable: a tava, two tavas. Chiefly in South Asian and diaspora cooking.
- She heated the tava before pouring on the batter.
- A well-seasoned tava needs almost no oil at all.
- He flipped the roti on the tava with one hand.
- The market sold tavas in three different sizes.
- Each tava was blackened from years of daily use.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAVA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TAVA
3 longer words begin with TAVA.
Words ending in TAVA
1 words end in TAVA. Useful as a back hook: play TAVA onto a word already on the board.
Words with TAVA inside
17 words contain TAVA in the middle. Words that start with TAVA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TAVA
Common questions about TAVA
- Is TAVA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and TAVA is not in it.
- How many points is TAVA worth?
- TAVA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAVA mean?
- A flat, round griddle used in South Asian cooking, chiefly for flatbreads.
- What letters can be added to TAVA?
- TAVA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TAVA:
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