ZYZZYVA is a valid Scrabble word — 43 points
Yes. ZYZZYVA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 43 points in Scrabble and 42 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZYZZYVA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 65 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZYZZYVA is to know. It scores 43 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 2.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZYZZYVA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
zyzzyvasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZYZZYVA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ZYZZYVA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 3 | 1 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. ZYZZYVA needs 2 blank tiles.
What stands out about ZYZZYVA
- ZYZZYVA uses the letter Z three times — almost nothing else in the four lists we check does.
- ZYZZYVA gets by on a single vowel across 7 letters.
- At 43 points, ZYZZYVA is among the ten highest-scoring 7-letter words we list.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ZYZZYVA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A tropical American weevil, one of a genus of South American weevils that often damage plants.
Zyzzyva is famous among word lovers because it sits at the very end of the alphabet in many dictionaries. Beyond that fame, a zyzzyva is a real insect that can harm plants.
How ZYZZYVA is used
Zyzzyva is used in zoology and in word-game talk as a classic last word of the dictionary.
- The farmer found a zyzzyva chewing on the young leaves.
- Players love the zyzzyva because its letters score so well.
- A museum drawer held a pinned zyzzyva beside other weevils.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZYZZYVA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZYZZYVA
1 longer words begin with ZYZZYVA.
Shorter words from the letters in ZYZZYVA
Common questions about ZYZZYVA
- Is ZYZZYVA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZYZZYVA, where it scores 42 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZYZZYVA worth?
- ZYZZYVA is worth 43 points in Scrabble and 42 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZYZZYVA mean?
- A tropical American weevil, one of a genus of South American weevils that often damage plants.
- What letters can be added to ZYZZYVA?
- ZYZZYVA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ZYZZYVA:
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