CLEAVE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CLEAVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLEAVE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLEAVE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLEAVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CLEAVE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CLEAVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 125,426.
What does CLEAVE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To split something apart along a line, or, with the opposite sense, to stick fast to something.
Cleave is one of the few English words that mean two opposite things. A butcher or a stonemason cleaves a block in two with one clean blow, while a loyal friend cleaves to a cause and never lets go. The two senses come from separate Old English verbs that ended up with the same spelling. Its past forms differ too, with cleft, clove and cloven for splitting, and cleaved for clinging.
How CLEAVE is used
Formal or literary; the clinging sense is usually followed by to.
- The axe was heavy enough to cleave the log in one stroke.
- Ships cleave the waves as they leave the harbor.
- The widow chose to cleave to her late husband's memory.
- Some words, like cleave, seem to mean their own opposites.
- He swore to cleave to the truth whatever it cost.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLEAVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CLEAVE
4 longer words begin with CLEAVE.
Shorter words from the letters in CLEAVE
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Common questions about CLEAVE
- Is CLEAVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLEAVE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLEAVE worth?
- CLEAVE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLEAVE mean?
- To split something apart along a line, or, with the opposite sense, to stick fast to something.
- What letters can be added to CLEAVE?
- CLEAVE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CLEAVE:
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