VELVETY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. VELVETY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VELVETY?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VELVETY is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VELVETY
No single letter turns VELVETY into another word.
How VELVETY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in VELVETY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,053 thousand.
What does VELVETY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Smooth, soft and pleasant to touch, taste or hear, like velvet.
Cooks praise a velvety soup, and wine writers a velvety red, when the texture feels silky on the tongue. The word reaches beyond cloth to voices, petals, skin and even night skies.
How VELVETY is used
Used in description of textures, foods, sounds and colours.
- The soup had a rich, velvety texture.
- Her velvety voice filled the small hall.
- The rose petals felt velvety under his fingers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VELVETY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in VELVETY
Common questions about VELVETY
- Is VELVETY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VELVETY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VELVETY worth?
- VELVETY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VELVETY mean?
- Smooth, soft and pleasant to touch, taste or hear, like velvet.
- What letters can be added to VELVETY?
- No single letter can be added to VELVETY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of VELVETY:
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