VERVET is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. VERVET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VERVET?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VERVET is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VERVET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
vervetsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VERVET scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in VERVET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 501,706.
What does VERVET mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small African monkey with greenish-grey fur and a black face.
The vervet is a kind of guenon that lives in troops across much of Africa south of the Sahara, moving easily between trees and open ground. Zoologists have studied it closely because it gives different alarm calls for different dangers, such as snakes, eagles and leopards. The name came into English from French.
How VERVET is used
A zoological term, also used in wildlife and travel writing about Africa.
- A vervet sat on the fence and watched the picnic.
- The vervet gave a sharp cry when the eagle appeared.
- Tourists photographed a young vervet clinging to its mother.
- Each vervet in the troop answered the warning call.
- The camp was raided by a vervet that stole a banana.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VERVET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VERVET
1 longer words begin with VERVET.
Shorter words from the letters in VERVET
Common questions about VERVET
- Is VERVET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VERVET, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VERVET worth?
- VERVET is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VERVET mean?
- A small African monkey with greenish-grey fur and a black face.
- What letters can be added to VERVET?
- VERVET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of VERVET:
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