AVE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. AVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AVE?
| 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: 62 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AVE is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 14 hooks, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AVE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in AVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 749.
What does AVE mean in Scrabble?
interjection
A greeting or farewell, from Latin.
Ave arrives in English through two doors: the Roman salute quoted in histories, and the prayer that opens with it. In both the word is doing ceremonial work, and nobody has ever used ave to greet a neighbour over a fence.
How AVE is used
Countable in the prayer sense: two aves. Otherwise an exclamation.
- The salute begins with ave and a name.
- She said three aves and got up.
- The word ave is ceremonial in both of its uses.
- An ave in a history book is being quoted rather than said.
- Two aves and a paternoster was the whole penance.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AVE
The 3 tiles of AVE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AVE
Showing 24 of 84 words that begin with AVE.
Words ending in AVE
Showing 24 of 116 words that end in AVE. Useful as a back hook: play AVE onto a word already on the board.
Words with AVE inside
Showing 24 of 849 words that contain AVE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AVE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AVE
Common questions about AVE
- Is AVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AVE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AVE worth?
- AVE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AVE mean?
- A greeting or farewell, from Latin.
- What letters can be added to AVE?
- AVE takes 14 hooks: 11 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of AVE:
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