VOE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. VOE 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 VOE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VOE is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VOE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VOE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in VOE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 842.
What does VOE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A narrow inlet of the sea in Shetland or Orkney.
Voe comes from Norse, and that is the point: the northern isles kept the language of their settlers in the landscape long after they stopped speaking it. A voe is sheltered enough to anchor in and long enough to make the road round it a serious detour.
How VOE is used
Countable: a voe, two voes. Chiefly in Shetland and Orkney place names.
- The boat lay in the voe all winter.
- A voe gives shelter that no open bay can.
- The road round the voe is four times the distance across it.
- Half the place names on the island end in voe.
- They swam across the voe on a bet and regretted it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VOE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of VOE
The 3 tiles of VOE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with VOE
12 longer words begin with VOE.
Words ending in VOE
1 words end in VOE. Useful as a back hook: play VOE onto a word already on the board.
Words with VOE inside
4 words contain VOE in the middle. Words that start with VOE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VOE
Common questions about VOE
- Is VOE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VOE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VOE worth?
- VOE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VOE mean?
- A narrow inlet of the sea in Shetland or Orkney.
- What letters can be added to VOE?
- VOE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of VOE:
Open VOE in the Word Finder