VIVOS is not a Scrabble word — it is valid only in Words with Friends
No for Scrabble. VIVOS is in none of the Scrabble word lists, but Words with Friends accepts it: that game keeps its own list, and it includes short forms that the paper dictionaries never carried. Worth 13 points there.
Which word lists accept VIVOS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Not listed |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIVOS is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIVOS
No single letter turns VIVOS into another word.
How VIVOS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in VIVOS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does VIVOS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
legal
Made or given between people who are both still alive.
Vivos is the Latin word for living, kept in English law inside the phrase gift inter vivos, describing property handed over while the giver is alive rather than left in a will. Lawyers use the phrase to separate lifetime gifts from bequests that only take effect after death.
How VIVOS is used
Legal; almost always paired with inter, as in the phrase inter vivos.
- A gift made vivos avoids the delay of probate.
- The lawyer explained the difference between a will and a transfer vivos.
- Property given vivos belongs to the recipient immediately.
- The court treated the transfer as vivos and not testamentary.
- Few clients had heard the term vivos before the meeting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIVOS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in VIVOS
Common questions about VIVOS
- Is VIVOS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIVOS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIVOS worth?
- VIVOS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIVOS mean?
- Made or given between people who are both still alive.
- What letters can be added to VIVOS?
- No single letter can be added to VIVOS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of VIVOS:
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