VOLOST is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. VOLOST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VOLOST?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VOLOST is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VOLOST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
volostsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VOLOST scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in VOLOST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 221,736.
What does VOLOST mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A small rural district in Russia, used for local administration in the imperial and early Soviet periods.
Before 1917 the volost was the lowest unit of state government in the Russian countryside, grouping several villages under an elected elder and a clerk. The early Soviet state kept the name for a while for a rural council area before replacing it with larger districts. Historians use volost when they write about peasant life, taxes and local courts in Russia.
How VOLOST is used
Historical term from Russian history; it is a borrowed Russian word.
- The tax collector rode to every volost in the province.
- A peasant court sat in the volost office.
- The volost elder kept the register of villages.
- Her grandfather was born in a small volost near the river.
- The new council replaced the old volost system.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VOLOST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VOLOST
1 longer words begin with VOLOST.
Shorter words from the letters in VOLOST
Common questions about VOLOST
- Is VOLOST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VOLOST, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VOLOST worth?
- VOLOST is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VOLOST mean?
- A small rural district in Russia, used for local administration in the imperial and early Soviet periods.
- What letters can be added to VOLOST?
- VOLOST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of VOLOST:
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