UNRIVET is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. UNRIVET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UNRIVET?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UNRIVET is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UNRIVET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
unrivetsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UNRIVET scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in UNRIVET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 85,774.
What does UNRIVET mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To remove the rivets that hold metal parts together.
Where a seam was fastened with rivets, taking the plates apart means cutting or knocking those fasteners out first. Boilermakers and shipwrights spoke of having to unrivet a plate before replacing it.
How UNRIVET is used
Unrivet is a metalworking term, rare outside workshops and old engineering texts.
- The workers had to unrivet the damaged plate from the hull.
- It is hard to unrivet a seam that has rusted for decades.
- They chose to unrivet the boiler rather than cut it open.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UNRIVET and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of UNRIVET
The 7 tiles of UNRIVET in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with UNRIVET
5 longer words begin with UNRIVET.
Shorter words from the letters in UNRIVET
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Common questions about UNRIVET
- Is UNRIVET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UNRIVET, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UNRIVET worth?
- UNRIVET is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UNRIVET mean?
- To remove the rivets that hold metal parts together.
- What letters can be added to UNRIVET?
- UNRIVET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of UNRIVET:
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