VIVDA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. VIVDA 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 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept VIVDA?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIVDA is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIVDA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
vivdasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VIVDA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in VIVDA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 232,369.
What does VIVDA mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectScots
Mutton that has been preserved by drying it in the wind rather than by salting it.
Vivda is a Shetland dialect term for meat, usually mutton, hung up and cured purely by exposure to the wind, a method suited to the cold, breezy island climate. It was a traditional way of keeping meat edible through the winter before refrigeration, and the result has a distinctive dry texture and strong flavour compared with fresh meat.
How VIVDA is used
Regional and largely confined to Shetland dialect and writing about local food traditions.
- Her grandmother still hangs vivda in the shed each autumn.
- The recipe called for thin slices of vivda instead of bacon.
- Tourists were curious to taste vivda for the first time.
- Wind-cured vivda keeps for months without a freezer.
- The museum display explained how vivda was traditionally made.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIVDA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VIVDA
1 longer words begin with VIVDA.
Shorter words from the letters in VIVDA
Common questions about VIVDA
- Is VIVDA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and VIVDA is not in it.
- How many points is VIVDA worth?
- VIVDA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIVDA mean?
- Mutton that has been preserved by drying it in the wind rather than by salting it.
- What letters can be added to VIVDA?
- VIVDA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of VIVDA:
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