CALVE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CALVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CALVE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CALVE is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CALVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CALVE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CALVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about CALVE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CALVE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To give birth to a calf, or, of an iceberg or glacier, to break apart and shed a mass of ice.
Calve most often describes a cow or similar large animal giving birth, a moment farmers watch closely each spring. The word is also used, quite differently, for a glacier or iceberg when a chunk of ice breaks away and drops into the sea, a sense scientists rely on when describing melting ice sheets.
How CALVE is used
Used in both farming (a cow due to calve) and in science writing about glaciers and icebergs.
- The farmer stayed up all night waiting for the cow to calve.
- Most of the herd will calve again in early spring.
- Scientists watched as a huge slab began to calve from the glacier.
- The vet was called when the heifer struggled to calve.
- Warmer summers make the ice shelf calve more often.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CALVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CALVE
The 5 tiles of CALVE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CALVE
6 longer words begin with CALVE.
Words with CALVE inside
2 words contain CALVE in the middle. Words that start with CALVE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CALVE
Common questions about CALVE
- Is CALVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CALVE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CALVE worth?
- CALVE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CALVE mean?
- To give birth to a calf, or, of an iceberg or glacier, to break apart and shed a mass of ice.
- What letters can be added to CALVE?
- CALVE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CALVE:
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