VIVER is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. VIVER 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 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept VIVER?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIVER is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIVER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
viversChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VIVER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in VIVER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does VIVER mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialect
A pond or tank for keeping live fish.
Viver names a small enclosed pond built to hold fish alive until they are needed, the same purpose served by the better-known word vivarium. It comes through French from the Latin word for living, and it is now confined to dialect glossaries rather than ordinary speech.
How VIVER is used
Rare; found in dialect and historical word lists about fish-keeping.
- The manor kept a stone viver stocked with carp for the kitchen.
- Water was diverted from the stream to fill the viver.
- A viver near the house meant fresh fish without a trip to market.
- The old estate records mention repairs to the viver twice in one century.
- Few readers today would recognise viver without a footnote.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIVER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VIVER
9 longer words begin with VIVER.
Words ending in VIVER
2 words end in VIVER. Useful as a back hook: play VIVER onto a word already on the board.
Words with VIVER inside
2 words contain VIVER in the middle. Words that start with VIVER are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VIVER
Common questions about VIVER
- Is VIVER valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and VIVER is not in it.
- How many points is VIVER worth?
- VIVER is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIVER mean?
- A pond or tank for keeping live fish.
- What letters can be added to VIVER?
- VIVER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of VIVER:
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