VIA is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. VIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VIA?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIA is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VIA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in VIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 998.
What does VIA mean in Scrabble?
preposition
By way of; through.
Via is Latin for road and English took it as a preposition, which is unusual — most borrowings arrive as nouns. It now covers routes, methods and channels alike: you travel via a city and hear something via a friend.
How VIA is used
Preposition. Used of routes and of means.
- They flew via Amsterdam and lost a day.
- The message came via somebody who had it second hand.
- Payment is via the website and nowhere else.
- The word via is Latin for a road.
- He got the job via a friend and says otherwise.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VIA
Showing 24 of 30 words that begin with VIA.
Words ending in VIA
20 words end in VIA. Useful as a back hook: play VIA onto a word already on the board.
Words with VIA inside
Showing 24 of 271 words that contain VIA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with VIA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VIA
Common questions about VIA
- Is VIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIA, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIA worth?
- VIA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIA mean?
- By way of; through.
- What letters can be added to VIA?
- VIA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of VIA:
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