ALIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ALIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALIVE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALIVE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALIVE
No single letter turns ALIVE into another word.
How ALIVE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ALIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,682.
What does ALIVE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Living rather than dead; having life.
Alive describes anyone or anything that is currently living, in contrast to dead or lifeless, and English speakers extend it constantly beyond biology. A plan, a tradition, or a debate can be described as alive when it is still active and developing rather than forgotten. The word can also intensify feeling, as when a place is said to feel alive with energy or noise. Because it works both literally and figuratively, alive is one of the most frequently used adjectives in everyday English.
How ALIVE is used
Common in everyday speech and writing, both for living things and for anything described as active or vibrant.
- The doctors confirmed that the patient was still alive after the accident.
- Her grandmother is ninety-three and still very much alive.
- The old customs stayed alive in the small mountain village.
- The market square felt alive with music and conversation on Saturday morning.
- Nobody expected the rescued sailor to be found alive.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALIVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALIVE
2 longer words begin with ALIVE.
Words ending in ALIVE
1 words end in ALIVE. Useful as a back hook: play ALIVE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ALIVE inside
2 words contain ALIVE in the middle. Words that start with ALIVE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ALIVE
Common questions about ALIVE
- Is ALIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALIVE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALIVE worth?
- ALIVE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALIVE mean?
- Living rather than dead; having life.
- What letters can be added to ALIVE?
- No single letter can be added to ALIVE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ALIVE:
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