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RIVET

5 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What RIVET Means

  1. verb: direct one's attention on something“Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies”
  2. verb: fasten with a rivet or rivets
  3. noun: ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)
  4. noun: heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

RIVET is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 I1 V4 E1 T1.

Words Made From The Letters In RIVET

23 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (9)

3 letter words (8)

2 letter words (6)

Longer Words Containing RIVET

RIVET appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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