ARCHIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ARCHIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARCHIVE?
| 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: 60 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARCHIVE is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARCHIVE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARCHIVE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ARCHIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 343,098.
What does ARCHIVE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A collection of historical documents or records, or the place where they are kept.
An archive keeps material that has lasting value, from letters and maps to photographs and film. In computing it is also a file or storage area for data not in daily use. As a verb, to archive is to move something into such storage.
How ARCHIVE is used
Archive can name a building, a collection or a digital store of files.
- The town archive holds maps from the eighteenth century.
- He searched the archive for his grandfather name.
- The old emails are kept in a separate archive.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARCHIVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ARCHIVE
2 longer words begin with ARCHIVE.
Shorter words from the letters in ARCHIVE
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Common questions about ARCHIVE
- Is ARCHIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARCHIVE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARCHIVE worth?
- ARCHIVE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARCHIVE mean?
- A collection of historical documents or records, or the place where they are kept.
- What letters can be added to ARCHIVE?
- ARCHIVE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ARCHIVE:
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