AGGRIEVE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. AGGRIEVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AGGRIEVE?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AGGRIEVE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AGGRIEVE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AGGRIEVE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in AGGRIEVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AGGRIEVE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AGGRIEVE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formalarchaic
To cause someone real hurt or a sense of being wronged, usually by unfair treatment.
The verb aggrieve is rare in speech and mostly turns up in legal or old-fashioned writing. It is far more common in its passive form, where a person is said to be aggrieved by a decision. Readers meet the related adjective much more often than the verb itself.
How AGGRIEVE is used
Used in formal or legal prose, where to aggrieve someone means to treat them unjustly enough to give them a complaint.
- The new rule could aggrieve tenants who have paid their rent on time for years.
- It was never his intention to aggrieve the people who had trusted him.
- Harsh words in public can aggrieve a colleague far more than a private disagreement.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AGGRIEVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AGGRIEVE
5 longer words begin with AGGRIEVE.
Shorter words from the letters in AGGRIEVE
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Common questions about AGGRIEVE
- Is AGGRIEVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AGGRIEVE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AGGRIEVE worth?
- AGGRIEVE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AGGRIEVE mean?
- To cause someone real hurt or a sense of being wronged, usually by unfair treatment.
- What letters can be added to AGGRIEVE?
- AGGRIEVE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of AGGRIEVE:
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