VOLVE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. VOLVE 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 VOLVE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VOLVE is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VOLVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VOLVE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in VOLVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does VOLVE mean in Scrabble?
verb
obsolete
To turn something over repeatedly, or to ponder it.
Volve is the root buried inside revolve and evolve, and on its own it meant both a physical turning and a mental turning of an idea over and over. The plain form dropped out of use once the prefixed words took over its work.
How VOLVE is used
Obsolete; found only in old texts, not in current writing.
- The philosopher would volve the same question for hours.
- An old poem asks the reader to volve its meaning slowly.
- The wheel was said to volve on its own weight.
- He could volve an argument until every side had been considered.
- The word volve gave English both revolve and evolve.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VOLVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VOLVE
2 longer words begin with VOLVE.
Words ending in VOLVE
11 words end in VOLVE. Useful as a back hook: play VOLVE onto a word already on the board.
Words with VOLVE inside
Showing 24 of 45 words that contain VOLVE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with VOLVE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VOLVE
Common questions about VOLVE
- Is VOLVE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and VOLVE is not in it.
- How many points is VOLVE worth?
- VOLVE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VOLVE mean?
- To turn something over repeatedly, or to ponder it.
- What letters can be added to VOLVE?
- VOLVE takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of VOLVE:
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